Cereals Pulses

Wheat (gehu, gam)    Indian name : Gehu, gam Scientific name : T. aestivum Part used : Dried grains Systematic position : Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Liliopsida Order: Poales Family: Poaceae Subfamily: Pooideae Tribe: …

Yellow split Pea (motor dal)    Indian name : motor dal Scientific name : Pisum sativum Part used : Dried yellow seeds as motor dal Systematic position : Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: …

Vermicelli (shemai, seviyan, shavige, sevalu, semiyalu, semiya ) Vermicelli is a thin long threadlike food made from dough, that  prepared using flour, water and egg.  

Parboiled rice (siddha chaal / ushna chawal / ukha chaul) Parboiled rice is rice that has been boiled in the husk. It is the staple diet of many portion of Indian subcontinent

Lentil (masoor dal) Indian name : Musur Scientific names : Lens culinaris Part used : seeds Systematic positions : Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Fabales Family: Fabaceae Subfamily: Faboideae Tribe: Vicieae Genus: Lens …

Red Kidney bean (rajma) Indian name : Rajma Scientific names : Phaseolus vulgaris Part used : seeds Systematic positions : Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Fabales Family: Fabaceae Subfamily: Faboideae Tribe: Phaseoleae Genus: …

Chick pea (Channa dal / chholar dal) Indian name : Channa dal / chholar dal Scientific name : Cicer arietinum Part used : whole or split seeds Systematic positions : Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: …

Green gram or Yellow lentils ( tarka dal / tadka dal / kala mung)      Indian name : tarka dal / tadka dal / kala mung Scientific name : Vigna radiata Part used : whole …

Black gram (Urad dal / biuli / kalai dal) Indian name : urad dal, urd bean, urd, urid, black matpe bean, black gram, black lentil Scientific name : Vigna mungo Part used : whole or …

Semoilna (suji) Semolina is the inner, granular, starchy endosperm of hard or durum wheat, the only tetraploid wheat species (Triticum durum or Triticum turgidum subsp. durum)