Feb 12 2009

What are favas called in indian recipes?

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Those yellow beans, usually made in soups. What are they called in Indian recipes? Chana dal? dal? I know in spanish they are called habas… well I need some indian fava recipes.

I think you are confusing fava beans and habas with chana dal. Chana dal look like yellow split peas but don't break down into mush when you cook them. Fava beans are like lima beas. Here are three web links with recipes..

http://www.ellenskitchen.com/recipebox/beanspeas3.html (chana dal recipes..scroll down for recipes)
http://www.mendosa.com/chanadal.html (chana dal recipes..scroll down for recipes)
http://www.ivu.org/recipes/indian-beans/ (chana dal recipes)

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4 Responses to “What are favas called in indian recipes?”

  1. # RealMagicon 12 Feb 2009 at 3:01 am

    Dal means beans in general. Chana dal is garbanzos in spanish. The small yellow ones are called mung dal or moong dal. There are sooooo many!
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  2. # Tea Con 12 Feb 2009 at 3:39 am

    The yellow beans in Indian dishes are yellow split peas, fava beans are similar to lima beans. You may be able to use lima beans in your recipe, very similar. The Dutch word for fava beans is TUINBONEN but you may not care knowing this.
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  3. # mevlanaon 12 Feb 2009 at 4:09 am

    I think you are confusing fava beans and habas with chana dal. Chana dal look like yellow split peas but don't break down into mush when you cook them. Fava beans are like lima beas. Here are three web links with recipes..

    http://www.ellenskitchen.com/recipebox/beanspeas3.html (chana dal recipes..scroll down for recipes)
    http://www.mendosa.com/chanadal.html (chana dal recipes..scroll down for recipes)
    http://www.ivu.org/recipes/indian-beans/ (chana dal recipes)
    References :

  4. # diggyon 12 Feb 2009 at 4:34 am

    Favas as a green vegetable are popular in Europe. … The literal meaning is "dough flour". MASCARPONE …they are called broad beans
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