Recipe

Dhal West Indian Recipe

	Mysticdream / All my dishes 1 year, 12 months ago This is a simple west indian dhal recipe... Prep:5m Cook:40m Servings:8	Mysticdream
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Ingredients

1 cup of split peas (green or yellow... green gives a nicer flavour)

1-2 cloves garlic

salt to taste

1 hot pepper, optional

1 teaspoon saffran/tumeric

Directions

Add split peas in a pot and cover with water (you can soak the split peas for a few hours prior to cooking, but it's not necessary - unless you want to lower your actual cooking time). 1 cup of split peas might need about 3 cups of water. You can always add more later, depending on how thick you want the dhal to be.

Add salt, garlic and pepper and let it come to a boil on high heat.

Turn down the heat to medium-low and add tumeric.

Let cook for about 40 minutes, stirring occasionally. The extended time & heat will melt the garlic so it can be crushed easily.

Add salt to taste, and you're done!

I use a swizzle stick to stir because I like the split peas crushed almost completely... more like a thick soup. I'll add a picture of what a swizzle-stick looks like.

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Comments

jenniferbyrdez 1 year, 12 months ago said:
I make this, but you know being a carnivore I have to throw ham or sausage in there. Thanks.

michellem 1 year, 12 months ago said:
Looks like something I want to try, thanks !

myrna 1 year, 12 months ago said:
Thanks mysticdream! looking forward to trying this. it's nice and simple, but looks yummy.

cabincrazyone 10 months, 3 weeks ago said:
What the hey. I thought only old farts like me knew about swizzle sticks. They're thin five inch long plastic sticks for highballs. Thats what cocktails used to be called. (Before plastic they were glass.)
If you have a different stirring gizmo in mind that you call a swizzle stick it must have been invented by Miss Nomer.
I stir my split pea soup with a paint mixing rod on an electric drill. Smoooth soup.

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