January 6, 2023    By admin   

Cowpeas/kg

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  • 100 grams of dry seeds contain 336 calories, and 23.52 g or 42% of recommended daily values of protein. Cowpeas are sometimes roasted like peanuts and these are then used as a substitute for coffee.
    Cow pea leaves and growth points can be picked and used as a vegetable dish, dried and used as a meat substitute.
  • Cowpeas are popular and reliable for both fresh market and various processing industries. Plant is bushy, of medium height and widely adaptable.
    The pods are about 8-9 cm long slightly curved, dark green in color containing 7-8 sweet and tender peas. Matured seeds tend to wrinkle.
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Cowpeas are very good sources of vegetarian protein.