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The cowpea is a tiny, nutritious member of the legume family. The cowpea plant, which is covered with green skin, is a nutritious vegetable with the vitamins and protein it contains.
Cowpea, which grows in the form of seedlings that are not very tall in the soil, reaching an average length of 1 meter, are grown with support sticks. After the green peels begin to form, they are collected either fresh or dry according to preference, that is, they are harvested.
Since cowpea loves hot weather, cowpea season is also summer. In the hot summer months, you can feel a little bit of coolness with black-eyed pea dishes, black-eyed pea salad and pickles.
Cowpea, which is included in the pile rooted group of the plant kingdom, is an annual plant.
The grains of the cowpea are similar in shape to beans, but slightly smaller and have a darker part in the middle.
Due to the blackness in the belly of the cowpea grains, this plant is also known as black eye and black eye among the people.
It is a vegetable that is popular especially in the Aegean Region and is often grown and consumed.
Dried cowpea can be consumed in winter, and fresh cowpea takes its place in the kitchen in summer.