Ingredients for Olive Oil Braised Peas (Zeytinyağlı Bezelye)
- 500 g (about 1 lb) peas
- 1 onion
- 3 long green peppers (sivri biber)
- 2 small carrots
- Half a tea glass (about 50 ml / 3 tbsp + 1 tsp) vegetable oil
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- Half a dessert spoon (about 1 tsp) salt
- 1 sugar cube
- 1 handful dill
How to Make Olive Oil Braised Peas (Zeytinyağlı Bezelye)
We shell and rinse 500 g (about 1 lb) of peas. In a pot, we sauté 1 finely chopped onion, 3 finely chopped long green peppers, and 2 finely chopped small carrots in half a tea glass (about 50 ml / 3 tbsp + 1 tsp) of vegetable oil and 2 tablespoons of olive oil. We add the peas, stir briefly, then add just enough hot water to barely cover them, along with half a dessert spoon (about 1 tsp) of salt and 1 sugar cube, and let everything cook through. Just before removing from the heat, we chop 1 handful of dill, add it in, and bring to one final boil. Enjoy your meal…
About This Recipe
Peas contain a wealth of minerals that are extremely important for the body, including potassium, phosphorus, magnesium, calcium, sodium, iron, selenium, zinc, copper, and manganese, as well as vitamins A, C, K, and B9.
Interesting Facts:
*In the 1st century AD, Columella mentions peas in "De re rustica." Roman legionnaires still gathered wild peas from the sandy soils of Numidia and Judea.
*In 1920, Clarence Birdseye froze the first peas.
*In 1969, the first color television commercial was made for Birds Eye frozen peas.
*In 1989, a television program about large peas growing in a garden pot was aired. The show was called "Poddington Peas."
*Fossil evidence indicates that humans were eating peas even in the Bronze Age.
*Peas existed in Georgia as far back as 5000 BC, in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Harappa around 2000 BC, and in northwest India around 2250 BC.
*Peas are actually not a vegetable but a tropical fruit.
*The oldest archaeological finds related to peas date from the Late Neolithic period in Greece, Syria, Turkey, and Jordan.
*A total of 35,000 hectares of peas are grown per year in the United Kingdom.
*The father of modern genetics, Gregor Mendel, discovered the fundamental laws of genetics in the 19th century by cross-breeding peas of different colors, sizes, and seed types.
*Peas lose their flavor rapidly after harvest and should be consumed quickly once shelled.
*Peas are generally small and round, and come in yellow and green varieties. The legume fruit consists of the seed pod of Pisum sativum.
*They have been an indispensable part of French and Asian cuisine for the last 1,000 years.
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