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Hi, This episode of  Seed to Seed  is about – Channa dal’s plants, leaves and flowers. Channa dal is the product of kala/Desi chana.  Desi chana is known as Bengal gram in English. Bengal gram belongs to the chickpeas family.  There are varieties of chick peas in the market. Channa dal is nutritious and hasContinue reading “Seed to Seed : Know your Channa dal/Bengal gram through leaves and flowers”

Hi, We are here again with another episode of Seed to Seed: Know your Masoor dal/ Pink lentil through leaves and flowers. When we talk about masoor dal/ Pink lentil, immediately the pink colour comes to our mind.  This is because we use the polished or split masoor dal more often than the whole unpolishedContinue reading “Seed to Seed : Know your Masoor dal/ Pink Lentil through leaves and flowers”

Hi, This was a small project – know your dal through leaves and flowers, where we sowed few common dal seeds and watched as they grew. Let us find out more about Moong dal.  Moong dal is available in the market in three forms. It is nutritious, easy to digest and versatile in use. The wholeContinue reading “Seed to Seed : Know your Moong dal/ yellow lentil through leaves and flowers”

Hi, Let us find out today what is dal … Dal is edible split pulse.  Edible pulse are dried seeds (legumes) found in pods of leguminous plants. Leguminous plants are those plants that flower and their fruit are always pods. Green peas are the best example of legume, and of leguminous plant. Dal /lentil isContinue reading “What is dal”

Dal is nutritious and sustainable food for future Rice and Dal is for the East, what Bread and Butter is for the West. Who could have imagined that pulses would someday find such a recognition! In regarding  pulses as ‘nutritious seeds for a sustainable future’, the United Nations,  led by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United NationsContinue reading “Dal On The Table”