Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Bean X Pea: Legume Feast

Legume fruit

is a simple dry fruit that develops from

a simple carpel and usually dehisces

(opens along a seam) on two sides.

a common name for this type of fruit is a pod

legume varieties

 

Vigna

plant family Fabaceae

"peas" and others as "beans"

Legume family

 

peas vs beans

Peas have tendrils to hold onto their support

while beans wrap their stalks around it.

 

A bean is a has a seed that

can be split or broken (when dried) into

two identical halves.

With peas, the seeds are whole.

 

Soybean / Soyabean / 黃豆

soybean (U.S.) = soya bean (UK)

is classed as an oilseed

rather than a Pulse (legume) by

the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO).

Soy bean plantsoybean

 

red bean / azuki bean / 紅豆

Vigna angularisazuki bean

 

green bean / mung bean / 綠豆

綠豆樹green mung bean

Urad bean / black gram / 黑豆

Vigna mungoUrad bean

 

Fava bean / broad bean / 蠶豆

Fava bean

which we usually eat as roasted snack

蠶豆

 

Chick pea / Garbanzo / 鷹嘴豆

Chickpea

steamed as a local snack:

kacang putih

chickpea as kacang putih

 

Haricot bean / navy bean / white bean

navy bean

more commonly eaten in the form of

baked bean

 

lentil

a bushy annual plant of the legume family,

grown for its lens-shaped seeds

Lentils

 

dal

preparation of pulses

(dried lentils, peas or beans)

which have been stripped of

their outer hulls and split

main ingredients in Indian curry

variations:

  • Toor dal: pigeon peas
  • Chana dal: chick peas
  • Masoor dal: red lentil
  • Rajma dal: kidney beans

Toor Dal

 


non-legume:

Chinese pearled barley vs pearled barley

 

Chinese pearled barley / Job’s Tears / 薏苡仁俗稱薏仁

grain-bearing tropical plant of

the family Poaceae (grass family)

Job's TearJob's Tears

 

p/s

pearled barley / 洋薏米; 珍珠麥; 大麥粉粒

is processed barley

to remove its hull and bran

it’s a cereal grain

Job's Tear vs Pearled Barley