SCIENTIFIC NAME :
Lens Esculenta
MEDICINAL VALUE :
Good source of nutrients
NUTRIENT VALUE :
contains essential amino acids, proteins, dietary fiber, potassium, iron, vitamin B1, minerals etc
CULINERY AND OTHER VALUES :
Used to make the popular indian side dish, dhal. Also used to make soups, stuffed parathas etc.
GLOSSARY :
- English : Red Lentils
- Tamil : Massor Paruppu / Mysore Paruppu
- Malayalam : Masoor Parippu
- Telugu : Misur Pappu
- Kannada : Masur Bele
- Hindi : Masoor Dal / Tur Dal
- Bengali : Lal Masoor (Bhanga) / Masur Dal
- Gujarati : Masur Dal / Masoor Ni Dhal
- Marathi : Masur Dal
- Oriya : Masura Dali (Phala)
- Kashmiri : Musur
Recipes with red lentils:
