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Southern peas are a common food item in the southern [[United States]], where they are sometimes called '''crowder peas''' . They are so named because they appear to be crowded into their pods. The crowding causes them to have a squarish shape rather than round. Some in the South also refer to them as "black-eyed peas". |
Southern peas are a common food item in the southern [[United States]], where they are sometimes called '''crowder peas''' . They are so named because they appear to be crowded into their pods. The crowding causes them to have a squarish shape rather than round. Some in the South also refer to them as "black-eyed peas". |
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(''Kārāmani'' or ''Kārāmani Payir'' or ''Thatta Payir'' [[Tamil people|Tamil]]) are an integral part of the cuisine in southern region of India. In [[Tamilnadu]] during the Tamil month of [[Maasi]](February) - [[Panguni]](March) called Kozhukattai/Adai (steamed sweet cake) prepared with cooked and mashed cowpea bean mixed with [[jaggery]], [[ghee]] and other sub ingredients. |
In [[Marathi]], these are called '''Chawali/Chavali(चवळी)'''. (''Kārāmani'' or ''Kārāmani Payir'' or ''Thatta Payir'' [[Tamil people|Tamil]]) are an integral part of the cuisine in southern region of India. In [[Tamilnadu]] during the Tamil month of [[Maasi]](February) - [[Panguni]](March) called Kozhukattai/Adai (steamed sweet cake) prepared with cooked and mashed cowpea bean mixed with [[jaggery]], [[ghee]] and other sub ingredients. |
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According to the USDA food database, cowpeas have the highest percentage of calories from protein among [[vegetarianism|vegetarian]] foods.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://smarterfitter.com/blog/2007/10/28/100-most-protein-rich-vegetarian-foods/ |title=100 Most Protein Rich Vegetarian Foods |accessdate=2008-04-06 |last=Shaw |first=Monica |date=2007-10-28 |work=SmarterFitter Blog |doi= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</ref> |
According to the USDA food database, cowpeas have the highest percentage of calories from protein among [[vegetarianism|vegetarian]] foods.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://smarterfitter.com/blog/2007/10/28/100-most-protein-rich-vegetarian-foods/ |title=100 Most Protein Rich Vegetarian Foods |accessdate=2008-04-06 |last=Shaw |first=Monica |date=2007-10-28 |work=SmarterFitter Blog |doi= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</ref> |
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| Species: | V. unguiculata
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Vigna sinensis | |
The Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) is one of several species of the widely cultivated genus Vigna. Four cultivated subspecies are recognised:
- Vigna unguiculata subsp. cylindrica Catjang
- Vigna unguiculata subsp. dekindtiana
- Vigna unguiculata subsp. sesquipedalis Yardlong bean
- Vigna unguiculata subsp. unguiculata Black-eyed pea
Cowpeas are one of the most important food legume crops in the semi-arid tropics covering Asia, Africa, southern Europe and Central and South America. A drought tolerant and warm weather crop, cowpeas are well-adapted to the drier regions of the tropics, where other food legumes do not perform well. It also has the useful ability to fix atmospheric nitrogen through its root nodules, and it grows well in poor soils with more than 85% sand and with less than 0.2% organic matter and low levels of phosphorus. In addition, it is shade tolerant, and therefore, compatible as an intercrop with maize, millet, sorghum, sugarcane, and cotton. This makes cowpea an important component of traditional intercropping systems, especially in the complex and elegant subsistence farming systems of the dry savannas in sub-Saharan Africa.[1] Research in Ghana found that selecting early generations of cowpea crops to increase yield is not an effective strategy. Francis Padi from the Savannah Agricultural Research Institute in Tamale, Ghana, writing in Crop Science, suggests other methods such as bulk breeding are more efficient in developing high-yield varieties.[2]
Southern peas are a common food item in the southern United States, where they are sometimes called crowder peas . They are so named because they appear to be crowded into their pods. The crowding causes them to have a squarish shape rather than round. Some in the South also refer to them as "black-eyed peas".
In Marathi, these are called Chawali/Chavali(चवळी). (Kārāmani or Kārāmani Payir or Thatta Payir Tamil) are an integral part of the cuisine in southern region of India. In Tamilnadu during the Tamil month of Maasi(February) - Panguni(March) called Kozhukattai/Adai (steamed sweet cake) prepared with cooked and mashed cowpea bean mixed with jaggery, ghee and other sub ingredients.
According to the USDA food database, cowpeas have the highest percentage of calories from protein among vegetarian foods.[3]
References
- ^ Blade, 2005[specify]
- ^ Scott, Christina (2008-04-10). "Sub-Saharan Africa news in brief: 25 March–9 April". SciDev.Net. Science and Development Network. Retrieved 2008-04-13.
- ^ Shaw, Monica (2007-10-28). "100 Most Protein Rich Vegetarian Foods". SmarterFitter Blog. Retrieved 2008-04-06.
External links
- Cowpea research at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)
- Network for Genetic Improvement of Cowpea for Africa (NGICA)
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