🇪🇹 Ethiopian Vegetarian

Yellow Split Peas Beyaynetu-Style

Name: Yellow Split Peas Beyaynetu-Style
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 8 min
Total time: 23 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Ethiopian
Ingredients: to taste Salt; 1/2, thinly sliced Onion; handful, torn Fresh Cilantro; 1, juiced Lemon; 3 tbsp Olive Oil; 2 tbsp Niter Kibbeh; 6 Injera; 300 g Yellow Split Peas

🇪🇹 Ethiopian

A beyaynetu-style spread — yellow split peas as one of the colourful mounds over injera. About 23 minutes from fridge to table.

Prep 15 min Cook 8 min Serves 2 Easy

Ingredients

Saltto taste
Onion1/2, thinly sliced
Fresh Cilantrohandful, torn
Lemon1, juiced
Olive Oil3 tbsp
Niter Kibbeh2 tbsp
Injera6
Yellow Split Peas300 g

Instructions

1
Whisk the lemon juice with the olive oil, salt and pepper for a bright, simple dressing.
2
Prepare the yellow split peas — slice, shred or cube it so every forkful gets some.
3
Toss the yellow split peas with the onion, fresh cilantro and the dressing just before serving.
4
Let it sit 5 minutes so the flavours marry, then taste and add another squeeze of lemon if it needs lift.

Chef's tip

Let the dish rest 5 minutes off the heat before serving so the flavours settle.

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Watch how it's made

Video: Ethiopian Yellow Split Peas | Atta Alicha | Ethiopian Recipes in English | Vegan · on YouTube