Description
Learn how to cook fresh and dried pigeon peas harvested from Aida’s Garden.
Scale
Ingredients
- 1 cup fresh green pigeon peas, shelled and rinsed
- 1 cup dried pigeon peas, shelled and rinsed
Instructions
Fresh Green Pigeon Peas
- Add fresh green pigeon peas in saucepan and then cover with water.
- Bring the water to a boil. Reduce heat to medium and cover saucepan with lid.
- Cook until fresh pigeon are tender – approximately 30 minutes to 1 hour.
Dried Pigeon Peas
- Soak the dried pigeon peas for 8 hours but not more than 24 hours.
- Drain water and then rinse with fresh water after soaking the pigeon peas.
- Place soaked pigeon peas in saucepan and cover with water. Bring the water to a boil.
- Cover saucepan with lid and then reduce heat to medium. Cook until pigeon peas are tender approximately 30 minutes to 1 hour.
Notes
If you, however, need to soak the pigeon peas for more than 8 hours to soften, then place them in the refrigerator to prevent fermenting. Furthermore, it takes at least 1 to 2 hours to shell 1 cup of pigeon peas.
In addition, the second nutrition facts below are for the Dried Pigeon Peas.
- Category: Legume
- Method: Boiling
- Cuisine: Puerto Rican
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 2
- Calories: 203
- Sugar: 0g
- Sodium: 8.4mg
- Fat: 0.6g
- Carbohydrates: 39.1g
- Fiber: 11g
- Protein: 11g
- Cholesterol: 0mg
Keywords: Cooked Fresh Pigeon Peas, Gandules Frescos Cocidos, Gandules Frescos