Recipe: Simple Dal with Split Peas (pressure cooker)

Dal with Split Peas (pressure cooker). Below are the steps that you must take to make the perfect split pea soup in a pressure cooker: Pour the water into the pressure cooker; Add in the split peas, diced onion, diced celery, thyme, garlic powder, and pepper; Secure the lid of the cooker shut and place the regulator over the vent (this is different for each brand of pressure cooker) 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.

I grab a bag of split peas, toss them into my pressure cooker with a few vegetables, broth, and spices, and let the machine do it's time warp magic. This Pressure Cooker Split Pea Soup was seriously one of the easiest thing I've ever cooked (and cheapest!). Pressure cookers are an excellent way to cook soup and split pea is a perfect soup for a pressure cooker. 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. It's 2 tablespoon of vegetable oil.
2. It's 1 pcs of onion chopped.
3. It's 3 cloves of garlic, finely grated/minced.
4. You need 1-2 inches of fresh ginger, peel and finely grated (about 2 tbsp).
5. You need 2 teaspoons of ground corriander.
6. You need 1 teaspoon of ground tumeric.
7. You need 1 teaspoon of ground cummin.
8. It's 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. It's 3 cups of water.
11. It's 2 pcs of tomatoes, chopped.
12. Prepare To taste of Salt.
13. It's 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. It's To taste of kosher salt and black pepper.

Normally split pea soup takes hours to cook at a low simmer. But, using a pressure cooker reduces the cook time and you can have a huge pot of soup ready in less than an hour! Lentils and split peas are great additions to many soups. One mistake that many people make is not cooking the lentils and split peas properly before adding them to their recipes.

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!).

This can lead to hard or even crunchy items in your soup and, once they're mixed in, you really can't remove them. Place the lentils, split peas, onion, carrots, garlic, and cumin into a pressure cooker, and stir in the chicken broth. Add peas, chicken stock or water, and bay leaves. Stir to combine, then cover pot and bring to high pressure. Add the rest of the broth, the split peas or lentils, chicken, and any herbs and spices.