Pea in a slow cooker

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   How to cook peas in a slow cooker? Prepare the products. For this dish, it is best to use chopped peas. It cooks faster than whole. Yes, and it cooks better. Pre-sort the peas, removing excess garbage and spoiled grains. Sometimes small stones can be found in peas. Be careful.

2. Step 2:

   

   Rinse the peas under running water until the water becomes clear. Then, if time permits, you can soak the peas for a couple of hours. Pre-soaked peas cook faster. You can soak it both in cold water and in hot water. There is another secret to faster cooking of legumes is adding a pinch of baking soda to the water. If you do not have time for soaking, then cook the pea immediately after washing.

3. Step 3:

   

   Peel and grate fresh carrots. You can also cut it into large cubes or cubes.

5. Step 4:

   

   Turn on the slow cooker. Select the mode suitable for frying. That's what I call it, "Frying". Pour vegetable oil. After the oil heats up a little, put the carrots in a bowl and fry it for four to five minutes, stirring with a special spoon. You can add finely chopped onions to the carrots. You can also cook pea porridge with the pressure of tomatoes, sweet peppers or without vegetables at all.

6. Step 5:

   

   Then add the washed peas to the bowl of the multivark.

7. Step 6:

   

   Fill the peas with cold water. Add salt and your favorite spices. You can add dried basil, dill, ground black pepper. Select the mode for extinguishing, set the time to 1.5 hours. During this time, the peas will completely boil. If you like a more homogeneous mass, grind the finished porridge with a blender or crush it with a pusher. When serving, you can add fried bacon pieces to the pea dish or sprinkle it with crackers. Bon appetit!