I wrote recently about Mushy Peas and Pease Pudding. My resolve was to try to convert Pease Pudding into Dahl. The ingredients were perfect, no reason why I shouldn't cut a corner and make wonderful Dahl.
I procured a 6 pack from Amazon (beware, some packs were twice the price of others), I paid a not-unreasonable £11.79. The first can was opened yesterday.
I diluted it slightly whilst re-heating, I added all my favourite spices and curry pastes, and seasoned with salt, pepper, and lemon juice. But the TEXTURE was all wrong. It tasted good, but it was 'gloopy', and had the consistency of thick Wallpaper Glue.
So, my verdict as 'Dahl' is a generous 5/10. However, Pease Pudding has its own place in life, and with another 5 tins in the store cupboard I will have to find other uses. Soup comes to mind, but the most popular seems to be as an accompaniment for a few handsome slices of boiled Ham, with the newest potatoes from Norfolk or Lincs, and of course a flagon of Claret wine from Gaul; which is what I shall try next.
It's an interesting product, but not for everyone. As for Dahl I shall continue to make my own from ordinary pink Lentils.
Yellow lentils, split peas, are what we find here and they make a very fine Greek pease pudding. I use the leftovers to make Dahl. Pink lentils? I presume you mean the rosy ones commonly called red lentils.
ReplyDeleteOne lentil I've never tried are the green ones
Yes, pink, red, or in France; coral, which is probably the best colour comparison.
DeletePeas pudding should be well under £1.00p/tin.
ReplyDeleteBoth Tesco and Morrison sell it here. Not checked Aldi or Lidl.
No-one sells it down here, so I was obliged to buy by mail order. Some were selling it at over £2 per can.
DeleteCro, Waitrose and Tesco sell it "down here". Make "Foresight" 220 g (half a can) 50 p.
DeleteSame make at Sainsbury's 410 g (regular can) for 80p.
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Now you tell me!!!
DeleteYou need to go to Northumberland and buy some stottie cake and make a ham and pease pudding " sandwich" . It was my lunch of choice many years ago when I worked in Newcastle! Yum.
ReplyDeleteI had to look-up 'stottie cake' (I'm a feeble southerner), and I must say it does look very good. I love regional foods. If I ever make it up to Northumberland, I will certainly buy some, and no doubt fill it with what you suggest.
DeleteWhy not make a Roald Dahl as the previous one died.
ReplyDeleteI can't find a shop that sells 'Roald'; you can't get it for love-nor-money!
DeletePease pudding is notoriously bland
ReplyDeleteIt needs a lift if eaten as is….
Once all my spices etc had been integrated, it tasted very good; it was the 'texture' that let it down as a dahl.
DeleteI was so confused. I was trying to figure out how you made yogurt from pease pudding. I had to google it. Dahi and Dahl are the difference But reading about dahl, I think that I'm going to give it a try. I have plenty of lentils.
ReplyDeleteYes, best to make your own dahl from scratch with pink lentils. It only takes a few minutes.
DeleteYou'll have to find other uses for the pease pudding. At least they last in the can.
ReplyDeleteI expect they'll be used with Ham or Gammon, that seems to be the classic use. I believe it's also sprinkled with vinegar when eating. We shall see.
DeleteI feared that this tinned pease pudding would not stand up to further cooking, still worth a try. With some nice pork or ham the pudding's blandness blends well with those types of meat. I think I'd not have the vinegar but each to their own. You have a few tins left to experiment with. Hope you enjoy another try.
ReplyDeleteIt'll be fun experimenting anyway.
DeletePerhaps you shouldn't have diluted it? Off to google now for Stottie Cake.
ReplyDeleteIt was too solid if not diluted, it came out looking like 'ready to use plaster' from a tub.
DeleteMaybe leave it in the pot till 9 days old?
ReplyDeleteYes, I forgot to mention that.
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