How To Freeze Fresh Peas

How many of you like to have peas pulao  for any time. I like to have peas pulao but not with dried green peas. But we don't get  fresh peas throughout the year, Some times we get them but the price will be expensive. So try to buy fresh peas in the season and freeze them and store in the freezer like this they will stay for long time (one year for sure). Easy to use and much cheaper and better the ready to use frozen peas what we get in the market. I brought some five kgs of fresh peas, when they are in season and in better price, done the process and store them in the freezer. So that I can use when ever I want, In this process they retain their sweet taste and tender texture and very easy to cook . So lets check how I store my fresh peas for year..

                                                      

METHOD:--

1. Peel and take the green peas in a bowl, wash green peas in cold running water and set a side.

2. Take a big pan and fill 3/4 pan  with water and heat the water till boiling stage means bring to a full boil.

3. Now pour the green peas in to the hot boiling water and leave it like that for 2 minutes then switch off the heat

 

 

 

 4. By that time you can see the green peas rising to the top.

5. Keep one more bowl of water with ice ready (take a bowl of water and add some ice cubes in to that and keep it ready) so that water should be ice cold.

 

6.Strain green peas from hot water and immediately pour them in to ice cold water. So that cooking process will stop and the bright green color of the peas will retain.  

 

7. After few seconds take out the green peas from ice cold water and spread them on a kitchen towel. 

 

 

8. Pat dry the processed fresh green peas on a kitchen towel for few hours. Make sure that there is no moisture on the green peas. 

 

9. Now transfer the green peas in to a zip lock bag and store it in the freezer.
You can do the same process with fresh pigeon peas, green chick peas, and fresh field beans.
You can see one more packet in the above picture that is fresh pigeon peas which I brought from Ahmadabad and some green chick peas also I brought from there that also processed and gone in to the freezer.
This is my first post for Blogging Marathon 27th edition under  Crafts/ Misc theme let's check other BM members recipes here

 

Ice Cream Soda

Almost a five years back I tasted this drink in restaurant in Bangaluru. I was surprised at that time because I didn't even imagine to mix ice cream with a carbonated drink!. And I just fell in love with the taste of that drink. I googled a lot for the recipe and finely find the recipe. It is very simple but my very favorite and also perfect drink for a hot day. In Australia this is well known as Spider drink and in some other regions this is known as Float or coke float names are different for the same drink.
                                                          This drink is made with any flavored syrup with carbonated water (soda) and one or two scoops of ice cream. Or you can use plain soda water with chocolate ice cream or any other flavor ice cream of your choice. One more variation is  chocolate syrup, plain soda with a vanilla ice cream. The variations list will be going on like this but all of them are my favorites. Use only tall glasses to make this drink because the foam rises to top of the glass. Let's check how to make my choice of drink and I like to call this Ice Cream Soda. yummm.......

INGREDIENTS:--- 

Ice cream  -----  2 scoops or you can add how many scoops you want. But if you add more ice cream the drink will become more creamy. I like my drink with 2 scoops of ice cream so go with your choice.
Carbonated drink (any flavor or you can use a tab sp of any syrup with plain soda)
Tall glass and a straw.
METHOD:---
1. Take a scoop of ice cream in a tall glass.
2. Pour carbonated drink over the ice cream till foam rises to the top of the glass and top with the second scoop of ice cream. Wait for a while and enjoy the drink.
I can not wait going to have it now....:)
This is my fifth recipe for Blogging Marathon 27th edition under Seasonal recipes theme let's check other BM members recipes here