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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Asian >> Indian Subcontinent >> Indian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Wash and rinse the peas in three changes of water. | 2. Bring to a boild in 4 Cups of water then reduce the heat to medium-low to keep the peas simmering. | 3. Cook for an hour or until peas are cooked and tender. | 4. In the mean time add the ghee (or oil) to a medium sized skillet at medium-high heat. | 5. Once ghee is hot add cumin seeds and ground pepper and tumeric for 10-15 seconds. | 6. Next add the onion and cook until brown 10-15 minutes. | 7. When the onion mixture is cooked add to the split peas. | 8. Now deglaze the skillet you cooked the onion in with ~1/4 cup of water and add this to the split peas. | 9. Garnish with cilantro and serve with naan or your favorite other bread. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
yellow pea	1 1/2	cups	split	-	-	-	-
turmeric	1/3	teaspoon		3.12	0.6714	0.0968	0.0325
kosher salt	2	teaspoons		-	-	-	-
ghee	4	tablespoons		-	-	-	-
cumin seed	1	teaspoon		7.875	0.929	0.374	0.4677
onion	1 1/2	cups	chopped	96.0	22.416	2.64	0.24
red pepper	1/4	teaspoon	ground	0.3125	0.0688	0.0146	0.0034
cilantro	2	tablespoons		0.46	0.0734	0.0426	0.0104

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