It takes 10-15 minutes to cook the peas. Fresh peas can be cooked directly in a pot with water. When cooking, be careful not to add too much water, just enough to cover the peas. Put the pot on the fire, bring to a boil over high heat, then turn down to low heat and simmer slowly for about 10-15 minutes, until the peas are soft and tender. It is best to soak dry peas in water for a period of time before cooking, at least for half a day, so that the peas can absorb enough water. Then put the soaked peas into a pot, add water and bring to a boil, turn down to low heat and simmer slowly, usually for 30-40 minutes, until the peas become very soft. Pea is an annual climbing herbaceous plant in the family Leguminosae. The plant height is 0.5 to 2 meters, the stipules are leaf-shaped and heart-shaped; the leaves have 4-6 leaflets, and the leaflets are oval. "Compendium of Materia Medica" says that "the seedlings are soft and tender, so they are named peas", hence the name peas.