Toor Dal or Yellow Split Pea Soup
Toor Dal or Yellow Split Pea Soup

Hello everybody, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, toor dal or yellow split pea soup. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Some cooks like dal soupy, others chunky. Split pigeon peas or Toor Dal (Cajanus cajan) split-desi chickpea or Chana Dal (Cicer arietinum) Split Yellow Pea (Pisum sativum) aka Matar Dal. Below is a photo of whole yellow peas and Split The split green pea is used to make the famous Dutch Pea Soup called Erwtensoep (also called. Split peas are field peas that are grown specifically to be dried.

Toor Dal or Yellow Split Pea Soup is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. Toor Dal or Yellow Split Pea Soup is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They are nice and they look fantastic.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have toor dal or yellow split pea soup using 16 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Toor Dal or Yellow Split Pea Soup:
  1. Make ready 1.5 cups toor dal or yellow pigeon peas
  2. Get to taste Salt
  3. Prepare 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder
  4. Take To season the dal
  5. Get 1/4 teaspoon asafoetida or hing
  6. Get 1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds
  7. Prepare 1 teaspoon cumin powder
  8. Take 1 teaspoon coriander powder
  9. Make ready 1/2 tablespoon turmeric powder
  10. Make ready 1 teaspoon ginger paste
  11. Take 1/2 teaspoon garlic paste
  12. Make ready 1/2 Serrano pepper, sliced thinly
  13. Prepare 1 medium onion, finely chopped
  14. Prepare 2 small tomatoes, finely chopped, the riper the better
  15. Get to taste Salt
  16. Prepare 1/2 teaspoon ghee

Moroccan Berber cuisine has "tamaraqt" or yellow split pea soup with olive oil. Yellow split pea is cheaper than the Chana Dal. It is illegal but some manufactures mix the two seeds to produce lower cost ground flour called Besan. The whole seeds are deorticated and split and called Arhar Dal or Toor Dal.

Steps to make Toor Dal or Yellow Split Pea Soup:
  1. Wash toor dal and soak for at least 4 hours
  2. Put soaked toor dal, the 1/4 teaspoon of turmeric powder, and salt into a pressure cooker. Cook for 30-40 minutes on medium heat.
  3. Whisk the dal till smooth, and keep it aside.
  4. In a pan, heat oil on medium heat. Add hing and cumin seeds.
  5. Add ginger, garlic, and sliced peppers.
  6. When ginger and garlic turn golden, add onions and cover the pan for 2-3 minutes or until onions soften.
  7. Add tomatoes, cover till they’ve become slightly mushy, then mix in the three powdered spices and a pinch of salt.
  8. Pour in the dal, and mix well. Simmer for 10-12 minutes.
  9. Turn off the heat, and garnish with finely chopped coriander leaves. Serve with rice or chapattis.

It is illegal but some manufactures mix the two seeds to produce lower cost ground flour called Besan. The whole seeds are deorticated and split and called Arhar Dal or Toor Dal. Some of the toor Dal is coated with castor oil for preservation. Split chickpeas (Chana Dal), split pigeon peas(Toor Dal) and Split peas can be used interchangeably. As the other lentils don't ferment as easily.

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