On the planet Coruscant, Antarian peas were grown in the gardens of the Jedi Temple for use in cooking. At some point prior to her death in 19 BBY the Jedi Knight Jang Li-Li wondered if using the Force to shell the peas was an abuse of power while collecting vegetables on dinner duty with the Gran Jedi Master Maks Leem at the Jedi Temple. Before the destruction of Dex's Diner during Galactic Empire's first two years, Dexter Jettster, the Besalisk chef who owned the Coruscant restaurant, combined Antarian peas, celonslay, space carrots, and Endorian chicken meat inside a flaky Pom seed flour crust in his recipe for Endorian chicken pot pie.
Antarian peas were first mentioned in the 2004 novel Yoda: Dark Rendezvous, which was written by Sean Stewart. They were later mentioned in the StarWars.com Hyperspace exclusive article "Dining at Dex's," which was released in 2009 and written by Gregory Walker in the style of an in-universe menu. The peas shared their name with the gas giant Antar, its moons Antar 4 and Antar 5, as well as the group known as the Antarian Rangers. Neither source that mentioned the peas made any connection between them and these other entities.