Pea, Snow

Pisum sativum

Other names: Snow pea, Sugar pea, vegetable pea, edible-pod pea, edible-podded pea, garden pea, green pea, Snow pea shoot, Mangetout, Dow Miao, Dow Miu, Dou Miao, Wan Dou Miao, Garden peas.

Ho Lan Dow: flat podded peas, can be eaten whole.

Dou Miao (Dow Miu, Dau Miu ): young shoots and leaves, harvested from immature pea plants. Also called Pea Shoot Tips (Dou Jian in Chinese ). It can be used in stir-fry, soup, and salad. Varieties with larger leaves, thick stem and without tendrils or small tendrils are better. For commercial production, usually special varieties are used to harvest Dou Miao.