Red Peas Stew

Recipe-Ingrediants

A few words about our precious peas... Our wonderful peas in a classic recipe favored across all of Greece. In Kefalonia, it's one of the most renowned varieties throughout the country, as well as in mainland Greece, especially in the region of Lokrida. First of all, let's clarify that peas are not vegetables but legumes, although they have fewer proteins than all other legumes. We could practically categorize peas and corn separately, as well as beans, in the category of starchy vegetables, because they have the most carbohydrates of all vegetables! Nutritious and healthy with B complex vitamins, vitamins K, C, A, folic acid, manganese, magnesium, potassium, zinc, phosphorus, and iron. It also contains dietary fibers, essential for good intestinal function and helps prevent diabetes, various forms of cancer, and heart diseases. However, it should be noted that if our peas are combined with protein (meat or mushrooms) like with rice or cereal products, it improves the biological value of the included protein.
Now let's make our peas with red sauce.

Ingredients:
• Half a kilogram of cleaned peas
• 2 large carrots, diced
• 2 large potatoes, diced
• 1 dry onion, finely chopped
• 4-5 fresh tomatoes, finely chopped
• 2 cloves of garlic, finely chopped
• 400g crushed tomatoes
• 1 tsp tomato paste
• 1/2 tsp sugar
• Half a bunch of finely chopped dill
• Salt, pepper, bay leaf, olive oil