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Wednesday, November 22, 2006

Lentils

Lentils(dal/Legumes/Pulses )


Black Gram (Pulses)

Indian Names

Hindi - Urad dal
Malayalam -Uzhunnu
Tamil - Ulathamparuppu
Kannada - Uddina Bele


Yellow Split Lentil (Pulses)

Indian Names

Hindi - Arhar/ Tur
Malayalam - Thuvarapparup
Tamil -Thuvaram Paruppu

Kannada - Thugare Bele



Red Lentil (Pulses)

Indian Names

Hindi - Masoor dal
Malayalam - Parippu
Tamil - Mysoor paruppu


Whole green gram dal (Pulses)

Indian Names


Hindi - Moong dal
Malayalam - Cherupayar
Tamil - Pachai Paruppu

Kannada - Hesare Kalu


Bengal Gram (Pulses )

Indian names

Hindi - Channa dal
Malayalam - Kadala Parippu
Tamil - Kadalai Paruppu
Kannada - Kadale




Split Green Gram Dal

Indian names

Hindi - Mung dal
Malayalam - Cheru payar parippu
Tamil - Payatham parruppu
Kannada - Hesara bele






3 comments:

Local said...

Jeena, lovely blog.

I'd like to know if Rye is available in India and what it's called in Hindi?

Please let me know.
Yoda

Anonymous said...

Moong dal -
In Tamil - payattham paruppu / paasi paruppu
Whole Moong -
in Kannada - hesaru kaalu
in Tamil - muzhu payaru

R. Malathi Gopalan

Anonymous said...

Quite good