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Indian-Style Split Pea Soup As the temperature rises in the northern hemisphere, salads increasingly replace soups on the table. In a way this is a shame, especially as cooler spring days are heightened by a light bowl of spicy soup and also because there are some cool soups to temper the heat. On the other hand, it's all good.

I suspect my readers residing in the southern hemisphere will appreciate this simple yellow split pea soup inspired from Yamuna's Table by Yamuna Devi, an hitherto under-appreciated cookbook that I will have more to say about soon. Convert that I am to Ms. Devi's traditional documentation of Indian cookery, I've just recently begun to explore this chronicle of her more modern culinary experiments. Posted by Lisa Turner on Thursday, May 29, 2008 Serve it up in Beans and Legumes, Dal Curries and Soups, Indian, Soups, Split Peas, Vegan Friendly


vegeyum said...

This is my style of soup. Oh, it is from Yamuna Devi. No wonder. I love her soups.

May 29, 2008 at 11:41 PM 
lovely soup - but did wonder what is the difference between such a soup and a dahl in Indian cooking? Am looking forward to hearing more about yamuna devi - wish I could browse one of her books here - am on the look out

May 30, 2008 at 12:01 AM 
:) Lovely soup and great pics too..

May 30, 2008 at 12:25 AM 
I second you, Lisa. The cookbook is quite comprehensive.

May 30, 2008 at 2:57 AM 
Lovely recipe. I have bookmarked it for colder days.
 
Wow, Lisa,

I envy you-I wouldn’t have touched radishes with a barge pole as a child! (Actually, well into early adulthood!) My loss, for sure.
Glad to have you stop by again; thank you for your compliments!

(Incidentally, loved your goat cheese balls; they were a big hit here!)

May 30, 2008 at 4:28 PM 
This is such a treat! There's nothing quite like split-pea soup.

May 30, 2008 at 10:21 PM 

Dals are used in various ways in Indian cuisine. I encourage you to obtain a copy of Lord Krishna's Cuisine by Yamuna Devi. It's very informative.

Anu, glad to hear you liked the cheese balls. They didn't last long at my house!

May 31, 2008 at 1:05 PM cookinpanda said...

Look forward to hearing about Devi's book. I'm interested in expanding my somewhat meager cookbook selection and your suggestions would be ever so helpful!

This soup looks great. I like the Indian flavored twist. Ordinary split pea soup can only be exciting for so long.

June 1, 2008 at 9:09 AM Shubha Ravikoti said...

Wow lisa that soup looks awesome....

This sounds similar to the muligatawny soup recipe... that i often make... delicious...:)

June 3, 2008 at 11:32 PM 
I adore split pea soup - I mean seriously I adore it. The sad thing is a lot of places I go have only split pea and ham (bar Indian places yay!) I'm a huge fan of the amazing substance this soup has - thanks for posting a great recipe!

June 10, 2008 at 10:35 PM 

July 23, 2008 at 4:13 AM 
Looks fantastic!! :)

Mentioned your recipe here in a post!

December 5, 2011 at 12:29 PM 
Do you soak your split peas before cooking them?

March 24, 2013 at 2:47 AM 
Most of the time, I don't, though it depends on the recipe. Sometimes I just soak them for a few hours. Whole beans on the other hand, I always soak.

March 24, 2013 at 9:35 AM