Recipe: Appetizing Dal with Split Peas (pressure cooker)

Dal with Split Peas (pressure cooker). Instant Pot Dal comes together with minimal effort with the help of your electric pressure cooker. These delicious bowls of dal are topped with quick-pickled red onion and tangy yogurt for an unforgettable, vegetarian meal that's perfect for Meatless Monday or any day of the week. Serve with some crusty bread and a green salad.

The pressure cooker gives this homemade split pea soup that all-day simmered flavor in a fraction of the time. This split pea soup is vegetarian (vegan, even) because I wasn't in the ham mood, but you could certainly add a ham hock or some cubed ham to the pot. I found a great Pressure Cooker Cheat Sheet on Pressure Cooker For Dummies. You can have Dal with Split Peas (pressure cooker) using 17 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Dal with Split Peas (pressure cooker)

1. Prepare 2 tablespoon of vegetable oil.
2. Prepare 1 pcs of onion chopped.
3. It's 3 cloves of garlic, finely grated/minced.
4. It's 1-2 inches of fresh ginger, peel and finely grated (about 2 tbsp).
5. Prepare 2 teaspoons of ground corriander.
6. It's 1 teaspoon of ground tumeric.
7. It's 1 teaspoon of ground cummin.
8. Prepare 1/2 teaspoon of cayenne pepper/more if you can take the heat.
9. You need 1.5 cups of yellow dried split peas.
10. You need 3 cups of water.
11. It's 2 pcs of tomatoes, chopped.
12. Prepare To taste of Salt.
13. Prepare To taste of chicken powder (omit this if you are vegetarian).
14. Prepare of for serving:.
15. Prepare 1/4 cup of fresh cilantro chopped + extra for garnish.
16. It's 1/2 cup of plain greek yogurt.
17. Prepare To taste of kosher salt and black pepper.

I used Better than Bouillon, I love the flavor it adds to soups Whenever I make a ham, I always save the ham bone for this delicious pressure cooker Split Pea Soup with Ham recipe. Pour water into a pressure cooker. Add split peas, ham hock, onion, celery, thyme, garlic powder, and black pepper. Close cooker securely and place pressure regulator over vent according to manufacturer's instructions.

Dal with Split Peas (pressure cooker) instructions

1. Wash the split peas few times, set aside.
2. Using pressure cooker: add vegetable oil, stir fry onions and a pinch of salt and sauté until softened, 5-7 minutes..
3. Stir in garlic, ginger, coriander, turmeric, cumin, and cayenne and cook for another minute until fragrant..
4. Add split peas, water, tomatoes, salt and stir to combine, scraping up any browned bits from the bottom of the pressure cooker..
5. Cover and seal the lid. Cook it for 10 minutes.
6. Once the 10 minutes are up, allow the pressure to release naturally.
7. Open the lid, stir in the cilantro (i didn’t have cilantro at that moment so i didn’t use it) and season with additional salt and pepper, to taste..
8. Serve with basmati rice, or wrap (add chicken,spinach and use the dal for the spread. Super yummy!).

Bring to high pressure; adjust temperature until. Do you have an electric pressure cooker yet? The pressure cooker makes short work of pea soup, cooking the dried peas in half the time it would traditionally take and Rapidly releasing the pressure causes the contents of the pressure cooker to vigorously boil, turning the soup creamy with no need for a blender. This is my Mom's famous split pea soup recipe that I adapted to the pressure cooker. Traditionally, Dal was cooked with salt, then tempering was done separately in a pan.