Description
A flavorful and nutritious dish featuring yellow split peas, seasoned with lemon and ginger.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 T extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 tsp. finely minced garlic
- 2 cups yellow split peas, picked over and rinsed if needed
- 4 cups vegetable broth
- 1 T minced fresh ginger root
- 1 T lemon zest (grated lemon peel)
- 1/4 cup fresh-squeezed lemon juice
- salt and fresh ground black pepper to taste
- chopped cilantro to sprinkle on at serving time (optional)
- additional lemon wedges to squeeze on at serving time (optional)
Instructions
- Put yellow split peas in a bowl and pick over, removing any hulls or stones you find in the lentils.
- Rinse with cold water if needed and drain (if you buy bulk split peas I would rinse, but split peas purchased in a bag probably don’t need rinsing).
- Finely mince 3-4 garlic cloves to make 2 tsp. minced garlic.
- Heat olive oil in a small heavy dutch oven, add garlic and saute 1 minute or just until garlic becomes fragrant.
- Add yellow split peas and stir several times so all the split peas get coated with oil.
- Add vegetable broth and bring to a low simmer, then cover and simmer until split peas are soft but not mushy and liquid is mostly absorbed, about 30-45 minutes.
- While split peas are cooking, zest the lemons, then squeeze the juice. Finely mince fresh ginger root to make 1 T minced ginger.
- When split peas are soft and most of the liquid is absorbed, season to taste with salt and fresh ground black pepper and stir in the lemon zest, minced ginger, and lemon juice.
- Put the lid back on and most of it will absorb during the resting time.
- While split peas are resting, chop cilantro and cut lemon wedges (if using).
- Serve the lemony split peas warm, with chopped cilantro or green onion and lemon wedges for guests to use at the table if desired.
Notes
- For better flavor, use fresh ingredients whenever possible.
- Cooking time may vary depending on the age of the split peas.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 45 minutes
- Category: Main Course
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: Vegetarian
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cup
- Calories: 210
- Sugar: 2g
- Sodium: 500mg
- Fat: 7g
- Saturated Fat: 1g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 30g
- Fiber: 10g
- Protein: 10g
- Cholesterol: 0mg