{"id":558,"date":"2015-06-25T17:19:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-26T00:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/veganlovlie.wordpress.com\/2015\/06\/25\/mauritian-dal-yellow-split-pea-soup-with-eggplant-dholl-et-bringelle-vegan-vegetarian-recipe"},"modified":"2022-08-31T14:22:51","modified_gmt":"2022-08-31T21:22:51","slug":"mauritian-dal-yellow-split-pea-soup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/veganlovlie.com\/mauritian-dal-yellow-split-pea-soup\/","title":{"rendered":"Mauritian Dal (Yellow Split Pea Soup) with Eggplant | Dholl et Brinjel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Dal can be made plain or brightened up with some added vegetables, like eggplant in this case, and other mixed grains. It can be as thick as you like and eaten as a curry or thin and light to be enjoyed on its own or over rice.<\/p>\n\n\n

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To this day and even prior to my vegan days, my favourite soup has always been dal or yellow split pea soup. I often say that I could live on rice and dal alone if I had to. Strangely enough, I wonder why I’ve never until now featured a recipe for dal on this blog. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dal is really something that was cooked regularly at home when I was a child; I remember my dad would always request a “wet” condiment as part of the meal as he never liked his rice dry. This soup is still very much a staple at our place.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

While it is not necessary to soak the yellow split peas prior to cooking, I do recommend soaking them for about 20 minutes if you have the time as soaking makes them more digestible and they take less time to cook.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Chinese eggplant is the most common variety of eggplant that we use in this recipe. The advantage of using the Chinese variety is that when it is sliced, the skin encloses the flesh and prevents it from disintegrating into the soup. But you may use the globe (large) eggplant variety too, in which case you would cut them into chunky cubes of about 4 cm or an inch and a half thick.<\/p>\n\n\n

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This soup is usually accompanied with rice or roti and one or two other side dishes or condiments like some sauteed vegetables and a coconut chutney<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mauritian Dal (Yellow Split Pea Soup) with Eggplant<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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