Not exact matches
I made this soup last night with red lentils and
split mung dal (didn't have the
yellow split peas), and it was luxurious and incredible.
Added regular onion and celery that had to be eaten soon, and didn't have
yellow split peas, so I just doubled the amount of red lentils.
Our natural food store here on the Peninsula didn't have
yellow split peas, so I got some green ones, and didn't have golden raisins either.
I thought raising
yellow split peas was a whole lot cheaper then feeding a cow so why
does it cost so much.
I made a delightful
yellow split pea soup as well, last month, in the heart of Chicago winter (which for those of you who don't know, is no more fierce than other midwest winters, people just complain about them more).
Here's the recipe: http://www.theppk.com/2008/10/ethiopian-spicy-tomato-lentil-stew/ I didn't follow it exactly; I used
yellow split peas instead of lentils, skipped the paprika -LSB-...]
- a new version of ravioli salad with a cilantro pesto and other tasty bits - a big butter leaf salad with a a few crushed pistachios - goat cheese garlic - rubbed crostini (similar to the one in SNC)- special
split yellow peas - a big bowl of lemon - zested toasted pepitas - big bowls of citrus wedges - Mark (my beer - brewing, fantastic brother - in - law) grilled up a platter of lemon chicken skewers, and Wayne
did the spicy - lemon tofu version for the vegetarians
Red lentils (unlike black lentils, or lentils
du Puy, or
yellow split peas) collapse and lose structure quite quickly - and in this case they shift color a bit.
I didn't have enough
split yellow peas so I had to sub in French lentils.
If you
do not have Toori Dal, you can use
yellow split peas!
I've never cooked
yellow split peas before — didn't have trouble with them getting too mushy.
Please note that you
do not want the whole mung beans — which are green — or
yellow split peas.
I'm trying to work in more (healthier) foods into my diet, so I'm sadly a bit new to some of the substitutions possible... why
did you choose
yellow split peas?
Sometimes they will completely surprise me, as they
did recently when they happily devoured an Ethiopian
yellow split pea stew we made for our classes.
It
does a time or 2 to catch the order, starting from best = black beans, lentils, red kidney beans, pinto beans,
yellow / green
split peas and chickpeas (garbanzo beans).