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

Dal with Split Peas (pressure cooker).

You can cook Dal with Split Peas (pressure cooker) using 17 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Dal with Split Peas (pressure cooker)

1. Prepare 2 tablespoon of vegetable oil.
2. Prepare 1 pcs of onion chopped.
3. You need 3 cloves of garlic, finely grated/minced.
4. It's 1-2 inches of fresh ginger, peel and finely grated (about 2 tbsp).
5. You need 2 teaspoons of ground corriander.
6. Prepare 1 teaspoon of ground tumeric.
7. You need 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. You need 2 pcs of tomatoes, chopped.
12. Prepare To taste of Salt.
13. You need To taste of chicken powder (omit this if you are vegetarian).
14. It's of for serving:.
15. It's 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.

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!).