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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Asian >> Indian Subcontinent >> Indian

• Dietary Style

• Preparation Time

  Cooking Time - 30 minutes, Preparation Time - 30 minutes

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| 1. Rinse split peas; add to saucepan with 2 1/2 cups water. Allow split peas to soak for 30 minutes. | 2. Heat split peas and water, with salt, until boiling. Reduce heat to medium-low and cook until tender and thickened, 15 to 20 minutes. Add more water, if necessary, to prevent drying out. Stir in ginger, jalapeno pepper, tomato, lemon juice, and turmeric. | 3. Heat oil in a small saucepan and add cumin seed and red chile pepper. When pepper is heated, add Asafoetida powder and garlic. Stir mixture into split peas and add cilantro; mix well. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
yellow pea	2 1/2	cups	split	-	-	-	-
water	2 1/2	cups		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
salt	1	1/2 teaspoons		-	-	-	-
ginger root	1/2	teaspoon	grated	0.8	0.1777	0.0182	0.0075
jalapeno chile pepper	1	teaspoon	diced	-	-	-	-
tomato	1/2	cup	diced	13.41	2.898	0.6556	0.149
lemon juice	3	teaspoons		3.355	1.0523	0.0534	0.0366
turmeric	1/2	teaspoon	ground	4.68	1.0071	0.1452	0.0488
vegetable oil	2	teaspoons		78.1547	0.0	0.0	9.0667
cumin seed	1	teaspoon		7.875	0.929	0.374	0.4677
red chile pepper	1/2			0.625	0.1377	0.0292	0.0069
asafoetida	1	pinch		-	-	-	-
garlic	2	cloves	chopped	8.94	1.9836	0.3816	0.03
cilantro	1/4	cup	chopped	0.92	0.1468	0.0852	0.0208

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.