Creamy and dreamy mushy peas to go along side almost anything!
Nutrition:
Peas are important components of the human diet due to their protein, fibre and starch content. It has been estimated that a 100g portion contains 5.5g of protein. This means that peas can be considered as an alternative protein source to soybean or animal proteins. They don’t contain all of the 9 essential amino acids that we need to intake from the diet. However, they can be supplemented with another protein source. For example, peas are high in the amino acid, lysine but low in the amino acid, methionine, while tofu is high in methionine. Therefore, the combination of peas and tofu represents a complete protein source. Pea proteins are usually used to create supplements to help people to achieve their nutritional needs.
Peas are also a good source of fibre (100g portion contains 5.6g of fibre) that contributes to gastrointestinal functions and they reduce the digestibility of starch found in peas. Moreover, the low carbohydrate content (100g portion contains 10g of carbohydrates) makes peas a food with a low glycaemic index. Therefore, they are beneficial for preventing type-2 diabetes. Peas are very healthy and are to be recommended for everyone in order to achieve their 5-a-day intake. However, the only drawback (that is common for all pulses), is that they contain some anti-nutritional factors that reduce the bioavailability of minerals and vitamins, as well as their digestibility.
What you need:
200g of frozen or tinned peas
3 tablespoons of butter (we used vegan butter)
250ml of plant based milk (we used oat milk)
100ml of coconut milk
Salt
Pepper
Ground coriander
Two mint leaves
One quarter lime
Method:
If you’re using frozen peas
Place water into a pot and boil. Once your water reaches boiling point, add your peas. Leave your peas to soften in the boiling water for 20 minutes.
For both frozen and tinned peas
As this point, drain the water from your peas and place them back in your pot. Add your butter, milk, coconut milk, mint, coriander, salt and pepper and start mushing. Use any utensil that will do the job!
Keep mushing until you get a think consistency. You don’t want to have your peas too runny so be strict with the amount of milk that you use.
Play around with different herbs and spices to get the flavour you want.
Once you have the consistency you want, serve with almost anything. We opted for Bombay potatoes and tomatoes!
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