Yellow Split Pea Soup with Tomato, Cumin and Yogurt

Ingredients

• 2 cups yellow split peas rinsed
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 teaspoon ground turmeric
• 1 dried red chile small, broken in half
• 1 quart chicken broth low-sodium if canned
• 1/4 cup ghee Indian clarified butter or vegetable oil
• 1 teaspoon whole cumin seed
• 1 medium yellow onion halved and thinly sliced
• 4 cloves garlic thinly sliced, plus 1 clove garlic, grated or finely minced
• 2 plum large, Roma tomatoes, halved lengthwise, seeded, and thinly sliced lengthwise
• sea salt or Kosher
• 3/4 cup plain whole milk yogurt
• chopped cilantro for garnish, optional

Nutrition

• Calories : 350 calories
• Carbohydrate : 48 grams
• Cholesterol : 5 milligrams
• Fat : 10 grams
• Fiber : 18 grams
• Protein : 21 grams
• SaturatedFat : 0.5 grams
• Sodium : 200 milligrams
• Sugar : 10 grams