Split Peas Recipe - How to boil yellow split peas
Learn how to cook dried yellow split peas in boiling water on the stove! Easy to follow recipe with one ingredient - split peas!
Servings 2 servings
Calories 68kcal
Ingredients
- 1 cup yellow split peas
- 4 cups water
- 1 tsp salt
Instructions
- Measure out the necessary amount of split peas for your recipe. Just try keeping the proportions right. Take a sieve and place peas there. Rinse it thoroughly under cold running water.
- Put rinsed split peas into the deep bowl and pour enough cold water to cover split peas. Leave it to soak in water. I tend to leave it for a maximum of 4 hours before boiling it on the stove.
- After soaking peas, drain the water and rinse it once again under running water.
- Take a pot (make sure that the size coincides with the peas you are cooking), pour water, and let it boil on high heat.
- Add presoaked yellow split peas and wait until the water boils again to reduce heat to low. Do not cover the pot with a lid while boiling peas.
- Cook split peas in boiling water for at least 45 minutes. It can take you to an hour to cook through yellow split peas. For dried whole peas, time doubles to one hour and a half. While peas are cooking in boiling water, the foam will be constantly forming on the surface. Try getting rid of it using a slotted spoon.
- After boiling peas for 45 minutes, I start checking them for readiness. If there is not enough water, you can add some but make sure to pour boiling water into the pot. If peas are cooked through, I add salt and leave peas in the pot for additional 5 minutes before taking them from the heat.
- If there is some water left in the pot, drain it before serving or using it as an ingredient for other recipes!
Notes
*per 100 g