Know Your Grains

  Kala Chana (Bengal Gram) is the smaller dark brown version of pale yellow chickpea (safed channa). It has a a rough coat, cultivated mostly in India and other parts...

  Jowar is one of the varieties of Sorghum plant which is grown for grain, while many others are used as fodder plants, either cultivated in warm climates worldwide or...

Wheat is a grass widely cultivated for its seed, a cereal grain which is a worldwide staple food. Wheat is an important source of carbohydrates. Globally, it is the leading...

  Glycine max, commonly known as soybean in North America or soya bean, is a species of legume native to East Asia, widely grown for its edible bean which has...

      Ragi or Nachni or finger millet, is an annual herbaceous plant widely grown as a cereal crop in the arid and semiarid areas in Africa and Asia....

    Pronounced “keen-wah,” this astringent-tasting native of South America is not a member of the cereal grass family, but an herb seed of the broad-leaved goosefoot family. This grain...

        The oat (Avena sativa), sometimes called the common oat, is a species of cereal grain grown for its seed, which is known by the same name...

    Maize also known as corn, is a large grain plant first domesticated by indigenous peoples in southern Mexico about 10,000 years ago.   Maize has become a staple...