[Sca-cooks] Which lentils are "period"?

Jim and Andi Houston jimandandi at cox.net
Mon Jan 5 19:46:41 PST 2009


I just so happen to be writing the documentation up for an A&S entry of a
leguminous inclination, and have all my books laid out in front of me.

Some varieties of legumes in use in medieval India:
Pigeon peas, mung beans, urad (black gram), green lentils, pink lentils,
moth beans (Vigna aconitifolia), chickpeas, and cowpeas. 

Madhavi





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