Green Peas Black Gram Lentil Soup
Green peas black gram lentil soup is a rich, creamy dish that is flavored with curry spices and with natural sweetness of green peas in it.
Servings: 4 People
Equipment
- 1 Pressure Cooker or an instant pot
- 1 Spatula
Ingredients
- 3 tbsp vegetable oil or ghee/ clarified butter
- ½ cup black gram lentil dehusked
- ½ cup green peas
- 1 medium onion finely chopped
- 1 medium tomato finely chopped
- 5 - 7 garlic cloves crushed/ minced
- 5 - 7 curry leaves
- 1 tsp asafoetida/ hing
- 1 dried red chilli
- 1 green chilli finely chopped
- 2 tsp coriander powder
- 1 tsp red chilli powder
- ¼ tsp turmeric powder
- 1 tsp salt ore as taste
- ½ tsp garam masala
- 1 tbsp lemon juice juice of ½ lemon
- 3 - 4 tbsp coriander leaves finely chopped
Instructions
- 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.
- Add all spices mentioned above and mix well.
- Add blanched green peas to kadai.
- And saute for 2 - 3 minutes till all spices are well incorporated.
- 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.