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Guyanese Dahl

Here’s a video with instructions on how to make authentic Guyanese Dahl.

This is what you need:

  • 2 cups of water
  • 1 cup yellow split peas
  • 1 tsp. salt
  • 1 tsp. turmeric (kurkurma)
  • 1 tsp. cumin seeds
  • 1 tbs. oil
  • 1 chopped onion
  • 1 clove of garlic. (chopped or sliced very thin)
  • mixer
  • pan
  • wooden spoon
  • ladle

This is how you make it:

Put the split peas, turmeric, salt and onion in the pan with the 2 cups of water and boil until the split peas are completely soft. This will take about half an hour. Make sure that there is enough water in the pan. Often you need to add more water, a lot more water, but start with the 2 cups. It is handy to have a water cooker handy so you can add hot water. This makes the process go a lot faster.

When the peas are soft take a mixer and mix everything into a smooth substance.

Chunkay process…

Take a big soup spoon (ladle) and heat the oil, garlic and cumin seeds, and fry it until the garlic is roasted. Don’t burn it but until garlic is golden brown. It gets very hot!!

Now you have to just drop the spoon with oil, garlic and cumin seeds completely into the split pea soup that you already made. Just put in the whole spoon with the sizzling oil in at once. Hold the lid of the pan on top of it as you do this because it can splatter. stir well and your dahl is ready.

Eat with white rice…

FM
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