Wonders, Carvings & Art Beauty - Green Peas

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Vegetable - Green Peas - Other Tips

Green Peas

1. Selection :While shopping for green peas look for fresh pods that are full, heavy in hands and brimming with seeds. Avoid those with wrinkled surface or over-matured, yellow colored pods.
2. Storage :Green-peas are at their best soon after their harvest since much of sugar content in the seeds rapidly converts to starch. If you have to store at all, place them in the vegetable compartment inside the home refrigerator, set with high relative humidity where they keep fresh for 2-3 days. Frozen seeds can be used for several months.

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Vegetable - Green Peas - Nutrition Facts

Green Peas

Vitamins & Minerals :

Vitamins	Vitamins avilable are C ,B1, B2, B3,B6, B12 and folate.
Minerals	High amounts of Calcium,Copper,Iron,Magnesium and Zinc are vailable. Manganese and Selenium are avialable in samll amounts.

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Vegetable - Green Peas - Health Benefits

Green Peas

1. Good for Eye-Sight :Peas have adequate amount of anti-oxidant flavonoids like lutein, carotenes, zea-xanthin as well as vitamin-A. Vitamin A is one of the essential nutrients which are required for maintaining the health of mucus membranes, skin and eye-sight.
2. Blood sugar regulation :High fibre slows and protein slows down how fast sugars are digested.The anti-oxidants and anti-inflammatory prevent or reverse insulin resistance (type 2 diabetes).All carbohydrates are natural sugars and starches with no white sugars or chemicals to worry about.
3. Weight Management :Peas are low fat but high everything else. A cup of peas has less than 100 calories but lots of protein, fiber and micronutrients.
4. Stomach cancer prevention :Peas contain high amounts of a health-protective polyphenol called coumestrol. A study in Mexico City determined you only need 2 milligrams per day of this phytonutrient to prevent stomach cancer. A food bowl has at least 10 seeds of Peas is a great nutrious diet.
5. Anti-aging, strong immune system, and high energy :This comes from the high levels of anti-oxidants including :
   • flavinoids: = catechin and epicatechin.
   • carotenoid= alpha-carotene and beta-carotene.
   • phenolic acids = ferulic and caffeic acid.
   • polyphenols = coumestrol.
6. Prevention of wrinkles, alzheimer’s, arthritis, bronchitis and osteoporosis :These come from peas strong anti-inflammatory properties. Excess inflammation has also been linked to, heart disease, cancer, and aging in general. These properties include:
   • Pisumsaponins I and II and pisomosides A and B are anti-inflammatory phytonutrients found almost exclusively in peas.
   • vitamin C and vitamin E, and a good amount of the antioxidant mineral zinc.
   • omega-3 fat in the form of alpha-linolenic acid (ALA).
7. Healthy for the environment :
   • Peas work with bacteria in the soil to ‘fix’ nitrogen from the air and deposit it in the soil. This reduces the need for artificial fertilizers since one of their main ingredients is nitrogen.
   • After peas have been harvested the remaining plant easily breaks down to create more organic fertilizer for the soil.
   • Peas are also able to grow on minimal moisture so they are a perfect crop in many areas not needing irrigation or using up valuable water supplies.
8. Prevent constipation :The high fiber content in peas improves bowel health and peristalsis.
9. Healthy bones :Just one cup of peas contain 44% of your Vitamin K which helps to anchor calcium inside the bones. It’s B vitamins also help to prevent osteoporosis.
10. Omega-3 fat in the form of alpha-linolenic acid (ALA) :Many antioxidant and anti-inflammatory compounds support healthy blood vessels. The formation of plaque along our blood vessel walls starts with chronic, excessive oxidative stress and inflammation.The generous amounts of vitamin B1 and folate, B2, B3, and B6 reduce homocysteine levels which are risk factor for heart disease.
11. Reduces bad cholesterol :The niacin in peas helps reduce, the production of triglycerides and VLDL (very low-density lipoprotein, which results in in less bad cholesterol, increased HDL (“good”) cholesterol, and lowered triglycerides.

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Vegetable - Green Peas - Beauty Tips

Green Peas

1. Facial care :You can boil some peas and grind to make a paste. Apply this all over your face. Scrubbing with this paste will provide you with a glowing face.
2. Skin care :There is a strong connection between healthy body and healthy skin. Whatever you eat is reflected on your skin. Thus, adequate intake of nutrients, vitamins and minerals is vital for skin health. Some of the ways in which peas can be beneficial for your skin are as follows.eating foods rich in vitamin C such as snow peas enables your skin to fight oxidative damage.
3. Hair care :You can boil some peas and grind to make a paste.Apply to the roots of your hair .Peas are good source of nutrients which provide benefits to your hair.

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Vegetable - Green Peas - Allergies

Green Peas

1. Oxalates accumulate in the body fluids :Green beans are not known to trigger any adverse effects on health. However, green beans contain oxalates which are substances found naturally in plants, animals and humans. When these oxalates accumulate in the body fluids, they may crystallize and lead to health complications. Hence people with kidney and gall bladder disorders may have to avoid consuming green beans. Oxalates may also hamper the absorption of calcium in the body. This, however, should not be a problem if your digestive system is healthy and you chew your food properly.

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Vegetable - Greenpeas - Naming Convention

Green Peas

ARABIC	#
BENGALI	Motorshutti
DUTCH	#
GERMAN	Die grünen Erbsen
GREEK	#
GUJARATI	Mattar/Vatana
HINDI	Matar
HUNGARIAN	#
ITALIAN	#
JAPANESSE	#
JAVANESE	#
KANNADA	Hasiru Batani
KONKANI	Batani
MALAYALAM	Pacha pattani
MANDDARIN	#
MANIPURI	Hawai-thrak
MARATHI	Vatana/Matar
ORIYA	Matar/matara
PERSIAN	Nokhodfarangī
PORTUGUESE	Ervilhas
PUNJABI	Mattar
RUSSIAN	#
SINDHI	Mataru
SPANISH	#
TAMIL	Pattani
TELUGU	Pachi bathani
THAI	#
TURKISH	#
URDU	Mattar

Vegetables - Green Peas - Varieties

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Vegetable - Green Peas

Green Peas

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About the Vegetable :Green peas or garden peas are one of the ancient cultivated vegetables grown for their succulent nutritious green-pods. Pea is a quick growing, annual herbaceous vine that requires trellis to support its growth. It flourishes well in well-drained, sandy soil supplemented with adequate moisture and cool weather conditions. Peas are probably originated in the sub-Himalayan plains of north-west India. Now, this versatile legume is one of the major commercial crops grown all over the temperate, and semi-tropical regions. It is a cool season crop grown in many parts of the world; planting can take place from winter to early summer depending on location. The average pea weighs between 0.1 and 0.36 grams.

Scientific / Binomial name : Pisum sativum

Popularly Known as :English peas, Sweet peas, Garden peas,Hasi bataani, Pacchi bataanilu,Peas

Usage :Peas mixed well with other complementing vegetables like potato, carrot, beets, onion, artichoke…etc in the preparation of a wide variety of dishes.

Culinary Used Areas :Every where.