Agro Food Grains

Name	Ayurvedic properties*	Type	Effect on doshas (V – vata, P – pitta, K – kapha)*
Mung beans moong beans, green gramwhole green split yellow	Sweet, astringent, cooling, dry, easily digestible	Dry bean	V down P down K down(~)
Red lentils and split masoor dal	Astringent, sweet, cooling, dry, easily digestible	Lentil	Vata ~ P down K down
Urad dal urid dal, black gram, mashawhole black or split beige	Sweet, heating, oily, slightly heavier for digestion, strengthening	Dry bean	V down P up K up
Pigeon pea (split) tur dal, toor dal, aadhaki	Astringent, cooling, dry, easily digestible**	Pigeon pea	V up P down K down
Pinto beans	Astringent, cooling, slightly heavier for digestion	Dry bean	V up P down K down
Common beans (white and black) haricot beans, navy beans cannellini beans black turtle beans	Sweet, astringent, dry	Dry bean	V up P down K down
Butter beans lima beans	-	Dry bean	V up P down K down
Aduki beans azuki beans, adzuki beans	Sweet, sour, astringent, cooling, dry, slightly heavier for digestion	Dry bean	V up P down K down
Split or whole peas (yellow or green) matar dal (yellow, split peas)	Sweet, astringent, cooling, dry, easily digestible	Dry peas	V up P down K down
Chickpeas (white, whole) garbanzo beans , kabuli chana	Sweet, astringent, cooling, dry, slightly heavier for digestion	Chickpeas	V up P down K down
Chickpeas (whole, brown/black) bengal gram, kala chana	Astringent, sweet, cooling, dry, easily digestible	Chickpeas	V up P down K down
Chickpeas (split, brown/black) chana dal, gram dal. Also powdered to make gram flour (besan).	Likely same as whole brown/black chickpeas	Chickpeas	V up P down K down
Black-eyed pea black-eyed bean	Sweet, astringent, slightly heavier for digestion	Black-eyed pea	V up P down K down
Common brown lentils also common green lentils puy lentils, whole masoor dal	Sweet, astringent, cooling, easily digestible	Lentils	V up P down K down
Kidney beans Rajma	Astringent, sweet, warming, easily digestible	Dry bean	V up P down K down***
Soy beans soya beans and milktofu	Sweet, astringent, cooling, oily, heavy for digestion Sweet, astringent, very cooling, oily, heavy for digestion	Not strictly pulses but included as often taken as pulses	V up P down K upV ~ P down K ~

What are pulses?

What are pulses?

Types of pulses