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Yellow Split Peas Fouul
🇪🇹 Ethiopian

Yellow Split Peas Fouul

🇪🇹 Ethiopian

A slow-simmered ethiopian pot of yellow split peas, root vegetables and rich broth — dinner that tastes like a warm kitchen on a cold day. About 63 minutes from fridge to table.

Prep 15 min Cook 48 min Serves 4 Medium

Ingredients

  • Saltto taste
  • Onion2, chopped
  • Tomato2
  • Garlic4 cloves, minced
  • Green Chili2
  • Potato3 medium, cubed
  • Carrot2, thickly sliced
  • Stock or Broth750 ml
  • Fava Beans300 g
  • Niter Kibbeh2 tbsp
  • Berbere1 tsp
  • Yellow Split Peas300 g

Optional extras

  • Fresh Cilantrohandful, to finish

Instructions

  1. 1

    Warm the Niter Kibbeh in a heavy casserole and brown the yellow split peas well on all sides — real colour means real flavour.

  2. 2

    Lift the yellow split peas out, soften the onion and garlic in the same pot, then add the berbere.

  3. 3

    Return the yellow split peas, tip in the potato and carrot, and pour over the stock.

  4. 4

    Cover and let it murmur gently for 35-40 minutes until everything is spoon-tender and the broth has body.

  5. 5

    Season with salt and cracked pepper, then shower with fresh cilantro right before serving.

Chef's tip

Taste and adjust the salt at the end; sauces concentrate as they reduce.

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Watch how it's made

Video: አልጫ ዓተር ክክ |Yellow split peas @zinatube #ethiopian food · on YouTube