Dahl (trini style with yellow split peas)


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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 10
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 164.5
  • Total Fat: 5.6 g
  • Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
  • Sodium: 490.4 mg
  • Total Carbs: 29.2 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 12.2 g
  • Protein: 10.3 g

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Number of Servings: 10

Ingredients

    Yellow Split Peas (1 16 oz package dry peas)
    1.5 tsp salt
    1 tsp turmeric
    8 cups water (add more or less, depending on thickness desired)
    8 cloves garlic, chopped (more or less, as desired)
    1 habanero or other hot pepper, chopped
    1 Tbs cumin seed
    4 Tbs olive oil

Directions

*Rinse peas, cover with ~1/2" of water & boil.
*Drain water/strain peas & return to pot, add the rest of the water.
*Add salt & turmeric
*cook for 1 to 1 1/2 hours, until texture is smooth. add water as needed.
*Heat oil in frying pan. Fry garlic, hot pepper, and cumin until mixture is dark brown, almost black.
*add garlic mixture to split peas
*cook ~1/2 hour more.

Serve with rice or naan as a main course, or with curry as a side.

Makes ~10 servings


Number of Servings: 10

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user DESIDRTA.

Member Ratings For This Recipe


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    1 of 1 people found this review helpful
    very very good and easy to make. My only complaint is that no serving size is noted with the nutritional information. - 1/5/08


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    Incredible!
    Sounds like my mom's recipe. Thanks, I can use it in my journal. - 6/11/13


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    Very Good
    I really liked it! Even my non-vegetarian boyfriend liked it. Cheap and easy to make. - 4/29/10