About Podded Vegetables

• • Podded vegetables, popularly known as legumes, are seeds that are found inside two-sided pods.

  • In earlier days, legumes were known as a poor man's food.

  • However, with the passing years, they have been added to the diet of most people.

  • Podded vegetables are a rich source of proteins which help in providing the energy and strength required to carry out daily activities.

  • They also contain potassium, folic acid, complex carbohydrates, magnesium, iron, fibre and zinc.

  • A variety of dishes can be made with legumes which are healthy as well as delicious.

List of Podded Vegetables

• Asparagus Pea

• Azuki Bean

  • Black-eyed Pea

• Broad Bean

• Chickpea

  • Common Bean

  • Drumstick

  • Fava Bean

• Garden Pea

• Green Bean (French beans)

  • Groundnut

  • Guar Bean

  • Horse Gram

  • Hyacinth bean

  • Indian Pea

  • Lentil

• Lima Bean

  • Moth Bean

• Mung Bean

  • Peanut

  • Pigeon Pea

  • Ricebean

• Runner Bean

• Soybean

  • Tarwi

• Tepary Bean

• Urad Bean

  • Velvet Bean

  • Winged Bean

  • Yardlong Bean