Health 101 IN Jamaica gungo peas are cooked with rice and served with almost any protein. Gungo peas is also known as kardis, gandule bean, tropical green pea, kadios, Congo pea, and pigeon peas.

Learn how to make traditional Jamaican rice and peas with this recipe from Food & Wine. Scotch bonnet pepper imbues the dish with a subtle, fruity heat matched by allspice and thyme.

Ham Bone Gungo Peas Soup. Ingredients: 1 large ham bone. 2 cans gungo peas. Water. 3 cloves garlic, minced. 2 large onions, diced. 2-3 stalks celery, diced. 2-3 carrots, diced.