Irrespective of which part of the world you are in or what you do, lockdowns can be a bit stressful. I don’t have a solution for you. I do have very simple easy to achieve recipes based out of the local supermarket and none of the exotic ingredients needed kind of recipes to offer you. Today’s recipe of spinach with split peas is one such.
Split peas.
Most local supermarkets carry some form of lentils or beans. One of the easiest I have seen across the various chains is split peas. Pick up a green variety or the yellow ones and mostly they are at some special offer. Split peas are fairly easy to cook than whole lentils. With a good amount of fibre and protein, the split pea is an easy vegan option. What I like best about split peas is the ease of cooking them with no prep. It is as simple as wash and add to the pot with water and simmer for about 30 minutes. If not you can use split channa dhal for this recipe.
The spinach
The easiest greens to locate in most supermarkets is English spinach. You can never have enough of the dominant as it cooks down considerably. There is no need to elaborate on its good effects, the iron source, the folate etc. It is just good for you.
Clean out the roots, wash thoroughly, drain and rough chop. You are ready to get this cooked.
Clean out the roots, wash thoroughly, drain and rough chop. You are ready to get this cooked.
The spinach and split peas dhal
This recipe is the lowest effort dhal recipe on the entire blog. There is zero oil added to this split peas dhal and it makes the best combination with cooked red or brown rice. You don’t need any cream-laden curries to have your rice here as thus dal is flavourful. With a few regular spices, bring to life a perfect lockdown creation. The dhal pairs well with steamed rice or fluffy cooked millets, soothing cucumber raitha, pickled green apples and crunchy rice crackers. So make a flavourful, healthy immune-boosting simple meal.
Enjoy this spinach and split peas dhal platter today and let us know what you think about it.
Stay safe and do the right thing.
Enjoy this spinach and split peas dhal platter today and let us know what you think about it.
Stay safe and do the right thing.
Spinach and split peas dhal
An easy to prepare, zero oil, spinach and split peas dhal.
Equipment
- saucepan
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup split peas
- 3 cups water
- 2 bunches Spinach
- salt to taste
- 1/2 tsp dry red chillies chilli flakes are perfect
Instructions
- Wash and soak the split peas dhal for 2 hours.
- Meanwhile clean, wash and chop the spinach set aside till needed.
- Bring three cups of water to a boil and add the saoked split peas.
- Bring it to the boil and stirwell.
- Lower the heat and simmer the dhal till it is cooked. To tesstif it is cooked, crush a dhal. If it mashes, it is cooked.
- Once the dhal is cooked ( approximately 30-35 minutes), add teh chopped psinach, red chili flakes and salt
- Stir them, simmer, while they are cooking for another 5 minutes.
- Remove from heat and the dhal is ready to serve.
Notes
To cook this dhal in the instant pot:
The split peas cook perfectly in the instant pot. The water ratio is 2 parts to 1 part of the peas and set to pressure cook. Natural release steam and stir in the spinach, salt and red chillies. Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!
I have a big bag of split peas to use up, so I can’t wait to try this out really soon!
This is one of the simplest recipes you can do with the split peas and it is actually very flavourful.
Such an easy recipe, definitely going to try!!
Please do and let us know how you went with this zero oil version.
This sounds so delicious! Meals like this are ultra comfort food. Can’t wait to try it!
Certainly is low effort comfort meals. Do ping s when you try so we can get your feedback on flavour.
This looks delicious! I’d like to try this for the weekend.
Let us know how you go with the recipe, Sharon.
Now this is my kind of comfort food. So nutritious too.
Am so glad we both have the same ideas about comfort food.