The Glossary of legumes and lentils or pulses used mainly in Indian Cuisine is presented here. The first column consists of their names in English, whilst the second column consists of their names translated in Hindi.The names of the legumes, lentils are listed in an alphabetical order.
Just for your information :-
- In Hindi, the word ‘ Sabut’ is used for lentils which are whole.
- The word ‘ Dal ‘ is used for spilt lentils.
- The word ‘ Dhuli ‘ is used for spilt and skinned lentils.
English – Hindi
- Bengal gram flour – Besan
- Bengal gram spilt and skinned – Chana dal, Chane ki dal
- Bengal gram whole – Kala Chana, Chana
- Black eyed beans, Cow peas – Lobhiya, lobiya, chawli, chavli
- Black peas – kala vatana.
- Black gram skinned – Urad dhuli
- Black gram split – Urad chilka
- Black gram whole – Urad sabut, urad saboot,
- Chick peas, Garbanzo beans – Kabuli Channa, Safed Chole, Chole
- Field bean – Val
- Green gram dal – Moong dal
- Green gram split – Moong chilka
- Green Gram Whole – Moong sabut , Mung sabut
- Horse gram – Kulthi
- Lentil Dal, Pink Lentil – Masoor dal, masar dal, masur dal
- Moth Bean – Moth, matki, mataki
- Peas – Mutter, matar, mattar
- Peas spilt, green peas spilt – matar dal, green matar dal
- Pigeon peas spilt and skinned – Arhar, tuvar, toor, tur dal
- Red Kidney Beans – Rajma
- Soyabean – Bhatma
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Hi,
Just wondering if I could use toor dahl in place of moong dahl for Korean pancakes. They are called Bindaetteok (Korean Mung Bean Pancakes). I guess it must be the amount of carbohydrate in the beans that hold them together. Not sure.
with toor dal, the taste would be different. i suggest using both toor dal and chana dal. you can even make only with chana dal.
i m thankful
welcome manpreet
Hi,
Is french Lentil the same thing as moong whole ?
The other day i ate a fish dish prepared with french lentils, I wanted to try the dish at home and closest lentil in color and size was moong whole, any thought on that ?
nazli, i am not sure about it. so can’t say.
Very good information indeed.
However I could not get english name for JAWAS seed. can you please send me.
Thanks & regards
B. D. Bade
from what i have seen on the web, javas are flax seeds. they are called as alashi in marathi.
hw i wished if u hd posted images of the lentils along with their names.. :)neways no problem i wl google it..thanks for posting
kajal, posting so many images is difficult and slows down the webpage too.
ooh..kies
What would you call alfalfa seeds in Hindi or Marathi?
in hindi, these seeds are called as ‘rajko‘. you can also refer below link on alfalfa seeds
http://www.vegrecipesofindia.com/how-to-make-alfalfa-sprouts/
In one of d recipes I read, it was written ‘beans’ so which bean should I consider
which bean are you referring and which recipe?
Thanks..Dassana?? Anyway… thanks so much for this info.
welcome gaurav.
Plz correct ,
pigeön pea is not tuvar dal or arhar dal.
As far as i knw it is called as kala chana
or chana dal
dear deep, pigeon pea is tuvar dal. kala chana is called as bengal gram.
thanks