Millets
Millets are indigenous to many parts of the world. The most widely grown millet is pearl millet, which is an important crop in India and parts of Africa.Finger millet, proso millet, and foxtail millet are also important crop species.
Finger Millet (Raagi)
Kodo Millet (Varagi Arisi)
Foxtail millet (Thinai Arisi)
Little Millet (Saamai Arisi)
Barnyard millet (Kuthiraivali)
Pearl millet (Kambu)
Jowar millet (Cholam)
Pulses & Lentiles
Pulses are the edible seeds of plants in the legume family. Pulses grow in pods and come in a variety of shapes, sizes and colors. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) recognizes 11 types of pulses: dry beans, dry broad beans, dry peas, chickpeas, cowpeas, pigeon peas, lentils, Bambara beans, vetches, lupins and pulses NES (not elsewhere specified – minor pulses that don’t fall into one of the other categories).
Toor Dal (Thuvaram Paruppu)
Urad Dal (Ulundham Paruppu)
White Chickpea (Kondai Kadalai)
Black Chickpea (Kondai Kadalai)
Moong Dal Yellow
(Payatham Paruppu)
Whole Moong Dal Green
(Pachai Payaruu)
Masoor Dal
Cow Peas
(Thattai Payir / Karamani Payir)
