Split Pea Daal

(from megsymaples’s recipe box)

Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 233 Calories; 8g Fat (28.4% calories from fat); 12g Protein; 30g Carbohydrate; 13g Dietary Fiber; 0mg Cholesterol; 478mg Sodium.

Source: http://healthy.hillbillyhousewife.com/splitpeadahl.htm (from RecipeThing user reenum)

Prep time: 45 minutes
Cook time: 45 minutes
Serves 4 people

Ingredients

  • 1 cup dry split peas
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 teaspoon cumin
  • 1 teaspoon sea salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon turmeric
  • 1/2 teaspoon dry mustard
  • 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper

Directions

  1. Simmer the peas in about a quart of water for 45 minutes, or until they are tender. Cook the rice while the beans cook. Brown rice takes about the same amount of time to cook.

  2. After the peas are tender, heat the olive oil in a small skillet or saucepan.

  3. Add the seasonings and fry them gently in the fat until they are fragrant and bubbly. You do this to bring out the full flavor of the spices, please do not omit this step or the finished dish will loose part of it’s trademark flavor.

  4. After frying the spices, scoop about 1/2 cup of juice from the split peas into the small pan with the spices. Stir it up to dissolve all the spices in the juice.

  5. Pour the spicy juice back into the big pot of split peas.

  6. Stir it up and simmer for a few minutes to blend the flavors.

  7. Ladle the split pea dahl over cooked brown rice and serve.

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