Red Gram / Pigeon Pea

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