24 Jun Nutritional and health importance of snow peas
स्नो मटर या स्नैप मटर का पोषण और स्वास्थ्य महत्व Pea also known as the “queen” of pulses has been grown and consumed since more than 8000 years. The garden or field pea is cultivated worldwide since millennium because of the lower levels of toxins found in the seed (Liener, 1982) and apart from toxins the pea is also known as a protein rich crop having relative protein content estimated to be 25% (Monti 1983). Garden peas (P. sativum var. sativum) are generally utilized for human consumption, field peas (P. sativum var. arvense (L.) Poiret) are widely utilized in livestock and traditionally as green manure. The immature pods are also consumed as vegetable in another types of peas known as sugar snap peas or snow peas. Peas are generally categorized into two types the grain legume types and the vegetable types. The grain legumes category consists of field or dry peas whereas the vegetable types of which the pods as well as seeds both are consumed consists of garden pea, snow pea or Chinese pea and the snap pea. The peas with edible pods are classified into two classes viz. the Snow or Chinese pea and the Snap pea. The snap peas differ from snow peas in aspects like thick pod walls that are tightly...