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Indian dhal

February 22, 2016 by ohmydish 2 Comments

Great way to use yellow split peas. Indian dhal is a lovely vegetarian dish. Serve with plain rice and flatbread, included a recipe for home-made naan bread
Yield: 4 people | Prep Time: 5 minutes | Cooking time: 50 minutes | Difficulty: Easy

Ingredients

  • 250 gram yellow split peas *
  • 1 onion
  • 5 garlic cloves
  • 1 tablespoon turmeric
  • 1/2 tablespoon cumin seeds
  • 2 tablespoons mustard seeds
  • 3 tablespoons vegetable or sunflower oil
  • 750 ml water
  • 200 ml coconut milk
  • 1 medium-sized carrot
  • 2 large tomatoes
  • pepper and salt to taste
  • optional: ginger syrup

*Note: Soak the split peas overnight.

Indian dhal ingredients
Indian dhal ingredients

Kitchen equipment needed

  • large bowl
  • large skillet

Preparation — 5 minutes + waiting time

It’s recommended to soak the yellow split peas in cold water overnight. You’ll notice the split peas will become a bit more tender the next morning. DRAIN the split peas.

PEEL and finely chop the onion and garlic cloves. Peel and GRATE the carrot and chop the tomatoes in very small pieces.

Indian dhal
Indian dhal

Cooking the Indian dhal — 50 minutes

HEAT sunflower or vegetable oil in the large skillet and add the cumin and mustard seeds. Wait until they start to pop and then add the finely chopped garlic and onion. SAUTE for a few minutes, then add the yellow split peas, turmeric and water. Bring to a boil and turn down the heat. Let it simmer for half an hour, add in the grated carrot, tomato pieces and coconut milk and let it simmer about 15 minutes more.

Check if the grated carrot and split peas are fully cooked. Season with pepper, salt and maybe you like a bit of ginger syrup too. Serve with plain rice and/or naan bread or any other flatbread. You can check our naan bread recipe here.

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Summary
recipe image
Recipe Name
Indian dhal
Published On
2016-02-22
Preparation Time
5M
Cook Time
50M
Total Time
55M
Average Rating
51star1star1star1star1star Based on 1 Review(s)

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Filed Under: Main course, Side dishes Tagged With: carrot, coconut milk, cumin seeds, dahl, garlic cloves, ginger syrup, indian dahl, mustard seeds, onion, pepper, salt, sunflower oil, tomato, turmeric, vegetable oil, water, yellow split peas

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Comments

  1. Joyce says

    July 11, 2017 at 3:52 PM

    This does read like it’s a lovely dish, though I do hope I can make it without tomatoes. Just got home from shopping, and simply cannot go out again. I love pretty much all yellow split pea dishes, so am going to give this a try.
    Thank you for posting it!

    Reply
    • ohmydish says

      July 12, 2017 at 2:24 PM

      Hi Joyce, thanks and I think it will work without tomatoes. Will you let us know if it actually did work? :)

      Reply

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