11 Peas Recipes From 11 Cuisines.

One of the few vegetables where frozen genuinely beats fresh, because peas start turning their sugar to starch the moment they are picked and freezing halts that clock. They bring sweetness and color to Indian matar dishes, Spanish rice, British pies, Italian risi e bisi and countless stews. Add them near the end of cooking; long simmering turns them grey and mealy. Dried split peas are a different ingredient entirely, meant for long soups.

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