How to soak peas?

Many people like peas. But, unfortunately, you can not always find fresh peas, so you have to buy dried ones. In order to make dishes from it tasty, dried peas should be soaked, even for soup.

In this article, we'll look at how to properly moisten the peas before cooking.

Peas for soup

Peas should be washed in running water. Soak peas for soup is best at night or in the morning before leaving for work. Remember: if peas are overexposed in water, it can sour, so the optimal time should be about 7-8 hours. The ready peas should be immediately thrown into boiling water and boiled from one hour to three hours.

Peas for porridge

For porridge, peas before soaking should bewash several times and place in water at room temperature for about 2-3 hours. After that, cook peas for cereals should be from 20 to 50 minutes. At the time of cooking will affect the time of soaking, and old age of peas. Here as with dried fruits - he could lie in the store for more than a year, and could have been dried recently. Also much depends on the quality of the product. The choice of dried peas should be taken as seriously as to the choice of other legumes - this largely determines the result of the prepared dish.

Bon Appetit!

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