Easiest Way to Cook Tasty Dal with Split Peas (pressure cooker)

Dal with Split Peas (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.

Use at least a tablespoon of fat. 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!). You can have Dal with Split Peas (pressure cooker) using 17 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Dal with Split Peas (pressure cooker)

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

Pressure cookers are an excellent way to cook soup and split pea is a perfect soup for a pressure cooker. 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! Not with Instant Pot split pea soup though.

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!).

Pressure cooker does all the work for you cooking split peas until tender without hovering over the pot and waiting for hours. Pressure cooker split pea soup is the best because this magic appliance takes care of the flavors cooking food fast. This is my short video about how I cook split pea soup in the pressure cooker. Place the lentils, split peas, onion, carrots, garlic, and cumin into a pressure cooker, and stir in the chicken broth. I did this in the slow-cooker, followed the direction exactly.