Dried butterfly pea blooms overseas amid high local demand

IN addition to high domestic consumption, dried butterfly peas have also overseas orders, according to bean traders from Aungban Township.

 

The dried butterfly pea trade is better than that of fresh buttery bean and the price is better too. Now, dried butterfly peas are started available.

 

“At present, dried butter­fly peas are just available. We called it dried pea. Butterfly pea season is too short, and lasts just 2-3 months. Dried peas become available shortly after fresh peas are produced. Dried pea price is better and it has also overseas orders. Cur­rently, we have orders from Thailand,” said Ma Nyo Lae Yi, a vegetables and fruits trader in Aungban Township.

 

Dried butterfly pea has do­mestic orders too and Yangon is the biggest. It is the most-con­sumed bean in Anya (central Myanmar).

 

“It also has nationwide orders in the internal market. It is the most-consumed bean in Anya. People in Anya boil it until tender and serve it with tea. Yangon’s orders are the biggest. This bean is distribut­ed to the lower Myanmar from Yangon’s Thiri Mingala Market. Dried bean lasts nearly a year and decayed after a year. Fresh beans will be available until the end of March,” she added. — Thit Taw/ZS