If you think buying whole peas from the supermarket in your large city and shelling them will yield you “fresh” peas, I have some bad news for you. When water is frozen at a higher temperature, like the minus-16 degrees Celsius in your home fridge, it forms large-sized crystals which end up damaging cells. But once food is flash frozen at minus-80 degrees Celsius, it can be maintained at a much higher temperature without any damage. So, to cut a long story short, frozen peas are fresher than regular peas shelled from a pod unless you personally harvested the pod in your backyard. So, if you do not want to disappoint your recuperating loved one, use the oldest, aged basmati, flash frozen peas and canned chickpeas.

Source: Mint May 08, 2021 03:22 UTC