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Besan or gram flour is a pulse flour made from chana dal or chickpea flour (split Bengal gram) or brown/kaala chana, a chickpea. It is a staple ingredient in the cuisines of the Indian subcontinent , including Indian , Bangladeshi , Burmese , Nepali , Pakistani , Sri Lankan and Caribbean cuisines.
The most common variety of chickpea in South Asia, Ethiopia, Mexico, and Iran is the desi type, also called Bengal gram. [35] It has small, dark seeds and a rough coat. It can be black, green or speckled. In Hindi, it is called desi chana 'native chickpea' or kala chana 'black chickpea', and in Assamese and Bengali, it is called boot or chholaa ...
Satui is prepared by dry-roasting grains or grams, most often barley or Bengal gram. In Odisha, Satui or Chatua is made by dry-roasting cashew, almond, millet, barley and chickpea and grinding to a fine flour. The traditional way of preparing sattu involves the use of an iron vessel in which the grains or grams are roasted in sand.
Split mung beans (mung dal) is by far the most popular in Bangladesh and West Bengal (moog dal, (মুগ ডাল)). It is used in parts of South India, such as in the Tamil dish ven pongal. Roasted and lightly salted or spiced mung bean is a popular snack in most parts of India.
Litti is a wholewheat flour dough ball stuffed with a spiced mixture of satui (roasted black chickpea flour). [1] Litti, along with chokha , is a complete meal that is popular in the Indian states of Bihar , Jharkhand and eastern Uttar Pradesh , and the Nepalese provinces of Madhesh and Lumbini (eastern parts). [ 2 ]
Dal: Lentils: Haleem: A famous stew made of a variety of lentils with beef/mutton. The Bangladeshi version of Haleem is very different from the Hyderabad one. Mishti chholar dal: Curry prepared with Bengal gram, coconut and sugar MashKalai daal: Stew/daal of black gram
Chakli is made from the flours of rice, Bengal gram (chickpea) and black gram (urad dal). Other ingredients include coriander seed powder, cumin seed (jeera) powder, sesame seeds, red pepper powder, turmeric powder, salt, asafoetida powder and oil. [2] Some variations also include green gram (moong) and pigeon pea (tuar/arhar) instead of black ...
The most famous include Thirunelveli halwa, sooji (or suji) halva , [20] aate ka halva , [21] moong dal ka halva (mung bean halva), [22] gajar halva (carrot), [23] dudhi halva, chana daal halwa (chickpeas), and Satyanarayan halwa (variation of suji halwa, with the addition of detectable traces of banana), and kaju halva (cashew nut).