Green Peas Black Gram Lentil Soup

This black gram lentil soup aka urad dal with seasonal green peas is a yummy treat to mouth in winters. This dal is vegan and gluten-free.

Green peas are optional, but the fresh green peas' natural sweetness does magic in this dal. You can add frozen peas, but I recommend fresh green peas for this dal recipe. Also, you can make this with any variety of dal you like. This dal is creamy and filling. This lentil soup, aka dal, was so delicious that I can't stop sharing this recipe on my blog.

Green Peas Black Gram Lentil Soup

Let us make this recipe with essential ingredients. This is a one-pot dish, preferably in a pressure cooker (manual or electronic). Otherwise, it takes a long to cook black gram lentils.

Ingredients

urad dal or black gram lentils

green peas - fresh or frozen

onion, tomatoes, green chilies, curry leaves, garlic, ginger, dry red chilies

spices - coriander powder, cumin powder, turmeric powder, red chili powder, hing (asafoetida), and salt to taste

garnish - coriander leaves & lemon juice

How do you make green peas and black gram lentil soup?

Wash the dal thoroughly 2 - 3 times. Soak the dal/ lentil for 30 minutes for faster cooking. Pressure cook the dal for 5 - 6 whistles till dal is cooked well. Wait till the pressure is released naturally, and then open the lid.

Heat oil in a pan or kadai. Add cumin seeds, hing. Let the cumin seeds crackle. Add finely chopped onion, garlic, green chillies. Saute till they are translucent. Add curry leaves, dry red chillies. Add chopped tomatoes and cook till tomatoes are soft and cooked well. Then, add all the spices mentioned above and mix well.

Add blanched green peas to kadai. And saute for 2 - 3 minutes till all spices are mixed well.

Add pressure-cooked dal to the kadai or pan. Mix well. Add 1 cup water if it looks very thick. Simmer for another 2 - 3 minutes. Add garam masala, lemon juice and stir well. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves and serve hot.

Check out my other dal recipes on the blog.

Instant Pot Method

• Start the instant pot on saute mode. Once the inner pot is hot, add oil to it. Then add cumin seeds, hing. Let the cumin seeds crackle. Add finely chopped onion, garlic, green chillies. Saute till they are translucent.

• Add curry leaves, dry red chillies. Add chopped tomatoes and cook till tomatoes are soft and cooked well. Then, add all the spices mentioned above and mix well.

• Add green peas, soaked lentil and water 2 cups. Deglaze the pot. Cancel saute mode start the pressure cook mode on high pressure and manually select 10 minutes.

• After that, let it be in NPR mode for 10 minutes. Then, release the rest pressure manually. Add chopped coriander leaves and drizzle some freshly squeezed lemon juice. Stir and serve hot.

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