Battled my head trying to find the English name of these and finally stumbled upon snap peas and the alias snap peas. I finally settled for snap peas since I thought snow peas should grow in snow and we do not have snow in Malawi 😂. Scratch that, I made and ate these for the first time and thoroughly enjoyed them except for the distinct stench that someone said you can fix with a pinch to a quarter teaspoon of bicarbonate soda.

Nkhungudzu also locally known as zikhwali are characteristically flat with very small peas inside. Seemingly harvested before the peas have fully developed in the pod and the whole pod is edible, quite crunchy and delightfully tasty. Truthfully an acquired taste as they come with a stench that most people aren’t fond of.