Monday 1 December 2014

How to cook scrumptious sweet peas



   Not many people like sweet peas, some have termed it boring even in movies, you will see a child grumbling with annoyance over the peas on his plate;I find that so unfair to peas, like beans they don't get much love but we must not blame that on the peas, we should blame the not so interesting cooking methods we've been applying to them.
Sweet peas like the name implies, makes  a delicious dish but depends only on how you cook it. Therefore, if you follow the recipe below for your next sweet peas experience, I'll bet you sweet peas will become your new favourite food.
What you need :
2 cans of sweet peas
1 can plum peeled tomatoes( I used 5 pieces of fresh plum tomatoes)
4 carrots  (diced)
1 large or medium size red onion
3 big cloves of garlic
1 celery stalk
2 tablespoons veg. Oil
1can mixed vegetables  (optional )
1 tablespoon dill
2 small seasoning cubes
Beef (cooked and cut in small pieces)
Beef stock
Black pepper and salt to taste.
Method:
    Bring a soup pot to heat, add oil and let heat, add onions, carrots and celery, stir fry for 3 minutes, add tomatoes, stir and let fry stirring occasionally, after 10 minutes, add mixed vegetables, garlic, beef and beef stock,stir, cover and let cook for 10 minutes. After the 10 minutes, add peas and black pepper, let cook for 5 minutes, add seasoning cube. Cook for 8 minutes, taste for salt. add dills, cook for 2 more minutes and take off heat. This is a fun recipe which you are certainly going to enjoy eating every bit of and though I used beef , you can use any meat of choice.

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