Dried Black-Eyed Pea Salad Recipe – Healthy, Delicious and Filling

Black-eyed peas are a legume vegetable that has long held an important place in human nutrition. They are eaten fresh or dried. Their fat content is very low, and protein accounts for 25% of their dry matter, excluding water. The olive oil recipe made by boiling dried black-eyed peas is particularly popular. Although this recipe is generally known in the Mediterranean and Aegean regions, annual black-eyed pea production varies from year to year. As a warm-climate vegetable, black-eyed peas also grow in Africa, South America and South Asia. Let us try this light, delicious and healthy salad recipe together.

Dried Black-Eyed Pea Salad

Ingredients Needed

• 2 cups dried black-eyed peas
• half a bunch of parsley
• 4 spring onions
• a quarter bunch of dill
• 1 red bell pepper
• 2 tablespoons chopped pickles
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• Juice of 1 lemon
• Sumac

Boil and drain the black-eyed peas that you soaked the night before, then set aside. Wash all the vegetables thoroughly and slice them finely for the salad. Once the black-eyed peas have cooled, mix all these ingredients together. Whisk the olive oil, lemon juice and sumac in a bowl, add to the salad and toss well. Your salad is ready. Enjoy!

Nutritional Values

For 1 serving (150gr)

• Calories ............. 165
• Carbohydrate ............. 35 gr
• Fat ............. 3.9 gr
• Cholesterol ............. 0 mg
• Sodium ............. 190 mg
• Potassium ............. 894 mg
• Fiber ............. 12.30 gr
• Protein ............. 15.14 gr
• Calcium ............. 76.13 mg
• Vitamin A ............. 59 IU
• Vitamin C ............. 24.80 mg
• Iron ............. 5.30 IU
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