Pulses Food From Organic Farm

Pulses Food

Pulses food are the edible seeds of plants in the legume family. Pulses grow in pods and come in a variety of shapes, sizes and colors. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) recognizes 11 types of pulses. They are  dry beans, dry broad beans, dry peas, chickpeas, cow peas, pigeon peas, lentils, Bambara beans, vetches, lupins and pulses nes (not elsewhere specified – minor pulses that don’t fall into one of the other categories).

The term “pulses” is limited to crops harvested solely as dry grains, which differentiates them from other vegetable crops that are harvested while still green.

Pulses are a low fat source of protein with high levels of protein and fibre. Pulses also contain important vitamins and minerals like iron, potassium and folate.

All proteins are created from twenty different amino acid building blocks. Nine of these amino acids cannot be produced by the body and are called “essential”. This is because they must come from foods we eat. Most plant proteins lack at least one essential amino acid.

Alternatives to Pulses are beans and fio fio