SCIENTIFIC NAME :
Cajanus Cajan
MEDICINAL VALUE :
Supplies protein requirement for vegetarians. Rich in lysine, riboflavin, thiamine, niacin and iron.
NUTRIENT VALUE :
Good source of dietary fibre, protein, thiamin, magnesium, phosphorus, pottasium, copper, folate and magnesium. Very low in saturated fat and cholesterol
CULINERY AND OTHER VALUES :
Used to make curries and the popular kerala snack, parippuvada.
GLOSSARY :
- English : Red Gram / Pigeon Pea
- Tamil : Thovarai / Thuvaram Paruppu / Mysore Paruppu
- Malayalam : Thuvara Parippu
- Telugu : Missu Pappu / Kandi Pappu / Kandulu Pasupu
- Kannada : Thugari Bele / Thoragi Bele / Masoor Dhal / Thogari Kaalu
- Hindi : Rahar /Arhar Dal
- Bengali : Arhar Dal / Moshoor
- Gujarati : Tuver Dal / Thuvare
- Konkani : Toree Daali
- Marathi : Tur Dal
- Oriya : Harada / Masoora Dali
- Punjabi : Tuar Dhal
- Tulu : Thogari Salai
- Kashmiri : Arhar Dal
