Peas in Persia
Oven, in the book's wordsA cool oven
Ingredients
Directions
Pour boiling water over the peas in a bowl.
Let the mixture sit overnight in a warm place.
For colder climates, allow it to ferment for 24 to 48 hours.
Use the fermented mixture as a yeast for bread.
Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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