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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Asian >> Indian Subcontinent >> Indian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. In a medium saucepan melt butter over medium heat. Add chopped onion and salt. Saute until soft, about five minutes. Add garlic and saute until fragrant, about 30 seconds. | 2. Add remaining spices and stir. Saute for about 1 minute, cooking spices. If spices start to stick to pan, add some water - 1/4 cup should do. Add peas and stir to coat with butter, onion, and spice mixture. Add broth, 1/2 cup water and bring to boil. Cover and reduce heat to simmer. | 3. Simmer for 40-50 minutes or until peas are tender and most of the liquid has been absorbed. (Check peas periodically - you may need to add more water during cooking if peas are absorbing the liquid too quickly). Garnish with chopped cilantro/coriander leaves before serving. | 4. Options: Serve with hot basmati or brown rice for a filling one-dish meal. Or, double the broth/water to make a curried pea soup. To turn this into a spicy curry, add some finely chopped jalapeno, serrano, or chile pepper at the same time as the garlic. | 5. Update 1/6/2010: Some people have reported issues with the peas taking longer to soften. I have never had an issue but try cooking the onions without salt and waiting until the last 10 minutes or so of cooking time to add the salt. I have heard salt interfers with lentils softening perhaps it is the same for split peas. Curry powder - I usually use a mild Indian yellow variety, the all-purpose kind found in most US supermarkets. But I have also made this with a hot Madras and it was also delicious (but spicy!). | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
yellow pea	1	cup	split	-	-	-	-
butter	1	tablespoon		85.5	3.9285	2.6715	7.2
onion	1/2		chopped	22.0	5.1370000000000005	0.605	0.055
garlic clove	2		minced	8.94	1.9836	0.3816	0.03
gingerroot	1/2	teaspoon	minced	-	-	-	-
vegetable broth	2	cups	low sodium	324.72	52.644	11.9064	7.6752
water	1	cup		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
salt	1/2	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
curry powder	1	tablespoon		20.475	3.5173	0.9003	0.8826
cumin	1	tablespoon		22.5	2.6544	1.0686	1.3362
coriander powder	1/2	teaspoon		2.682	0.4949	0.1113	0.1599
turmeric	1/2	teaspoon		4.68	1.0071	0.1452	0.0488
chili powder	1/2	teaspoon		3.807	0.6709999999999999	0.1817	0.1928
garam masala	1/2	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
cilantro	1/2	cup	chopped	1.84	0.2936	0.1704	0.0416

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