Peapod Along With Broad Beans

A pea is the small spherical MOST Commonly seed or the seed pod of the legume Pisum sativum Each pod contains Several peas Are Peapods botanically a frui Since They Contain Developed seeds from the ovary of a pea flower However peas Are Considered to Be a vegetable in cooking the cowpea Vigna unguiculata and the seeds from Several Species of Lathyrus.




Sativum is an annual plant with a life cycle of one year It is a cool season crop grown in Many parts of the world planting dog through take place from winter to early summer Depending on location the average pea Weighs Between 0.1 and 0.36 grams the species is Used as a vegetable fresh frozen or canned and grown también to produce dry peas like the split pea.


In early times peas Were Mostly grown for Their dry seeds In modern times However Are Usually boiled peas or steamed s which breaks down the cell walls and Makes the taste sweeter and the nutrients more bio available Along with broad beans and lentils these Formed an important part of the diet of MOST people in the Middle East.

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Pea soup is eaten in many other parts of the world including northern Europe parts of middle Europe Russia Iran Iraq and India in Sweden it is called ärtsoppa and is eaten as a traditional Swedish food which predates the Viking era This food was made from a fastgrowing pea that would mature in a short growing season Ärtsoppa was especially popular among the many poor who traditionally only had one pot and everything was cooked together for a dinner using a tripod to hold the pot over the fire.