Sugarsnap peas

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Pea (Pisum sativum) also called garden pea, herbaceous annual plant in the family Fabaceae, grown virtually worldwide for its edible seeds.

Category Leafy greens

Description

In 2005, a poll of 2,000 people revealed the pea to be Britain’s seventh favourite culinary vegetable.

It is one of the first plants cultivated by humans and remains an important food crop today.
The pea is native to western Asia and North Africa. Wild peas can still be found in Afghanistan, Iran, and Ethiopia.
The pea was present in Egypt and Georgia in the 5th millennium BC.

In modern times peas are usually boiled or steamed, which breaks down the cell walls and makes the taste sweeter and the nutrients more bioavailable.

There are 81 calories in 100 grams (3.5 ounces) of peas.
Green peas are a very good source of vitamin K, manganese, dietary fiber, vitamin B1, copper, vitamin C, phosphorus and folate. They are also a good source of vitamin B6, niacin, vitamin B2, molybdenum, zinc, protein, magnesium, iron, potassium and choline.