From what I read, these yellow beans are very important ingredient of the cuisine and gets featured a lot. The salient point of course, is that you got to sprout the beans before cooking. The beans used is the regular yellow peas or Vatana in North. I simply dislike the aroma that comes after cooking the yellow peas. I avoid this as much as possible. The last time I was forced to get this was while making Ragda Patties.
However, for no reason, I seem to have stocked a whole packet of this and I suddenly realized that I don't have to shop for this! These yellow peas are the main ingredient of many Burmese breakfast dishes. Pe Byouk simply means Boiled Beans.
To understand this, it took me many days of reading. Some of the other dishes prepared with this is 'htamin jaw', fried rice with 'pe byouk' and 'yei nway jan' (burmese tea). Apart from rice, it is also paired with paratha, 'kauk nyin paung' (black sticky rice), 'hsi htamin' (yellow sticky rice), 'mont pyet talet' (rice pancake) and even with a bowl of plain white rice.
This combination is a favorite of Myanmar people that I read about on the Myanmar site, which's not active now. I finally made my own version after being inspired by this, this, and this.
As I told you, I somehow don't like how the yellow peas smell after being cooked and I have couple of dishes that I avoided just for this smell. However after cooking this, I was so surprised that the aroma was missing and I actually enjoyed this dish so much. I nailed it finally to the fact that these yellow peas gets sprouted and then boiled. Sprouting removed that smell!
I decided going forward, it is going to be sprouted yellow peas for me!I enjoyed these boiled sauteed peas on the top of the Burmese Naan Flat-bread
Usha says
haha, sprouting is the trick to make you eat these yellow peas.. 🙂 I can eat pe byouk as it is, without any bread.
vaishali sabnani says
Glad you liked the final product !..I somehow seem to be loving this breakfast..book marking.
Priya Srinivasan says
I love that flavor valli, i m trying to think, what flavor it gives after boiling, that makes u hate it, naaaa, can't get it!!!
I can eat it as such, without any bread!!!
Sapana Behl says
Sprouted yellow peas looks delicious.
Srividhya says
Its like our sundal naa. yum
Sandhiya says
I had a packet of yellow peas for long time without touching, i think it's time to use them..Yummy
Harini-Jaya R says
A variety of sundal from Burma!! Very tempting.
Pavani N says
Very simple preparation with few ingredients. Looks healthy & delicious.
Archana Potdar says
Valli if you do not like yellow peas in Goa you have no breakfast... Ok will feed u alsande... I loved this combo but in my place it will be lunch or dinner. No one will eaat chapatti, parotta etc for breakfast. Its an alien idea.