Looking for an easy side dish made using legumes? Then try this spicy split peas recipe - ready in just 50 minutes.
Spicy Split Peas
- Prep Time 10 min
- Total 50 min
- Servings 4
- Ingredients 8
Ingredients
- 3 cups water
- 3/4 cup dried green or yellow split peas (6 oz), sorted and rinsed
- 2 tablespoons butter or margarine
- 1 teaspoon finely chopped gingerroot or 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground turmeric
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 small onion, finely chopped (1/4 cup)
Instructions
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Step1In 3-quart saucepan, heat water and peas to boiling. Boil uncovered 2 minutes; reduce heat to low. Cover and simmer about 25 minutes or until peas are tender but not mushy; drain.
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Step2In 10-inch skillet, melt butter over medium-high heat. Cook gingerroot, salt, turmeric, cumin and onion in butter about 3 minutes, stirring occasionally, until onion is tender. Stir in peas until evenly coated.
Nutrition
170
Calories
6g
Total Fat
8g
Protein
20g
Total Carbohydrate
1g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 170
- Calories from Fat
- 60
- Total Fat
- 6g
- 10%
- Saturated Fat
- 3g
- 15%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 15mg
- 5%
- Sodium
- 340mg
- 14%
- Potassium
- 360mg
- 10%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 20g
- 7%
- Dietary Fiber
- 10g
- 40%
- Sugars
- 1g
- Protein
- 8g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 6%
- 6%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 8%
- 8%
Exchanges:
1 1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 1/2 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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