Toor dal vs. yellow peas split??
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Toor dal vs. yellow peas split??
Are these the same thing or different?
Totally different. Toor dal is actually split pigeon peas, which are popular in their whole form in the Caribbean. In Indian English, they are sometimes called red gram. Sadly, some cookbooks aimed at Westerners call both channa and toor dal split peas instead, which is confusing for people. They are particularly popular in the South (think of sambar, rasam, etc.)
You should be able to get toor dal (also, as golghar says, called arhar dal) easily in an Indian grocery store.
You should be able to get toor dal (also, as golghar says, called arhar dal) easily in an Indian grocery store.
Tur dal/Split pigeon peas is different from yellow split pea
mom Dil_se, Today, its cabbage sabzi(made similar to Zucchini but with cabbage) with roti and plain yogurt.
I made this last week and it was yummy! Not dal but a Zucchini-tomato-onion-peas Sabzi (with gravy)
I made this last week and it was yummy! Not dal but a Zucchini-tomato-onion-peas Sabzi (with gravy)
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Yellow split peas are generally much cheaper than Tur. Yellow peas are sometimes used to adulterate Tur Dal.
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The best Tur dal I've ever tasted was from around Gulbarga (North Karnataka). I had the good fortune to know a few farmers and millers in the region.
Interesting:
http://articles.timesofindia.indiati...prices-quintal
Interesting:
http://articles.timesofindia.indiati...prices-quintal
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Agree!
Originally Posted by prince09 
Taste wise, Toor dal is miles ahead of yellow split peas!
Taste wise, Toor dal is miles ahead of yellow split peas! What we get here is tasteless junk passed off as tur dal (compared to what I was used to, as explained above.
)Simple recipe of boiling 'real tur/toor dal' along with a tomato, ginger garlic paste, red chilli powder, turmeric, a little tamarind, and adding a 'tadka' including a couple of cloves of chopped garlic and whole dry red chillies later was heaven. Add curry leaves if available. Plain rice. No mom required.
Add mango pickle and there can be no arguments, at all.
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Yummy! That's almost exactly how I make my toor dal w/ lots of dried red chilies in my tadka. Sometimes I use kokum in place of tamarind, but rest stays the same. Delicious!
Originally Posted by Hyderabadi Simple recipe of boiling 'real tur/toor dal' along with a tomato, ginger garlic paste, red chilli powder, turmeric, a little tamarind, and adding a 'tadka' including a couple of cloves of chopped garlic and whole dry red chillies later was heaven. Add curry leaves if available. Plain rice. No mom required.
Simple recipe of boiling 'real tur/toor dal' along with a tomato, ginger garlic paste, red chilli powder, turmeric, a little tamarind, and adding a 'tadka' including a couple of cloves of chopped garlic and whole dry red chillies later was heaven. Add curry leaves if available. Plain rice. No mom required. 
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And i was blind enough to buy it as well. Not very common though. Easily caught though if you bother to look, which I didn't.
Originally Posted by suricate ... and the resultant mixture is sold to blind people.
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