Top with cilantro and/or lemon juice before serving.
Instructions
Set Instant Pot to sauté.
Add oil. When oil is hot, add the cumin seeds and curry leaves. If the oil is hot, the seeds should start crackling after a few seconds.
Once the spices are cooked, this means seeds crackling and leaves change color, add onions. Sprinkle salt for onions to cook faster. When onions are translucent and soft, add garlic. Cook for a minute.
Add chopped tomato and the rest of the spices. Cook for a minute.
Add the yellow split peas and stir, for about 2 minutes.
Add water. Turn off sauté mode. Turn on high pressure cooking for 5 minutes.
Let the pressure release naturally or for about 10 minutes.