Spotters in "Nutrition and Health: Pulses/Legumes" for CFM & MPH students
Pulses/ legumes (दालें)
(i) Soyabean (सोयाबीन):
Nutritional Values (per 100 gm) & important features:
- Carbohydrate: 30 gm
- Protein: 43.2 gm, limiting amino acid is methionine
- Fat: 19.5 gm
- Energy: 432 kcal
- Minerals: ( Ca-240 mg, Iron-10.4 mg)
- Crude fiber: 9.3 gm
- Niacin: 3.2 mg
- Thiamine: 0.73 mg
- Riboflavin: 0.39 mg
- Recommended intake: 60 gm for vegetarians & 30 gm for non-vegetarians
- Clinical importance: Soyabean are of relatively high nutritive value.
(ii) Bengal gram ( काला चना)
Nutritional
Values (per 100 gm) & important features:
- Carbohydrate: 60.9 gm
- Protein: 17.1 gm, poor in cysteine & methionine, rich in lysine
- Fat: 5.3 gm
- Energy: 360 kcal
- Minerals: 3 gm (
Ca-202 mg, P-302 mg, Iron-4.6 mg)
- Crude fiber: 3.9 gm
- Niacin: 2.9 mg
- Thiamine: 0.30 mg
- Riboflavin: 0.15 mg
- Folic acid: 186 mg
- Vitamin C: 3 mg
- Carotene: 189 µg
- Moisture: 9.8 gm
- Recommended intake: 60 gm for vegetarians & 30 gm for non-vegetarians
- Clinical importance: Nutritive value of pulses can be increased by germination. It increases vitamin B & C content.
(iii) Black gram (उड़द दाल):
Nutritional
Values (per 100 gm) & important features:
- Carbohydrate: 59.6 gm
- Protein: 24.0 gm, poor in cysteine & methionine, rich in lysine
- Fat: 1.4 gm
- Energy: 347 kcal
- Minerals: 3.2 gm (
Ca- 154 mg, P- 385mg, Iron-3.8 mg)
- Crude fiber: 0.9 gm
- Niacin: 2.0 mg
- Thiamine: 0.42 mg
- Riboflavin: 0.20 mg
- Folic acid: 132 mg
- Carotene: 38 µg
- Moisture: 10.9 gm
- Recommended intake: 60 gm for vegetarians & 30 gm for non-vegetarians
- Clinical importance: Adds bulk to the stool & eases bowel movement hence helps in treating constipation.
(iv) Red gram/ Pigeon pea (अरहर दाल/ तूर दाल):
Nutritional
Values (per 100 gm) & important features:
- Carbohydrate: 57.6 gm
- Protein: 22.3 gm, poor
in cysteine & methionine, rich in lysine
- Fat: 1.7 gm
- Energy: 335 kcal
- Minerals: 3.5 gm (
Ca-73 mg, P- 304 mg, Iron-2.7 mg)
- Crude fiber: 1.5 gm
- Niacin: 2.9 mg
- Thiamine: 0.45 mg
- Riboflavin: 0.19 mg
- Folic acid: 103 mg
- Carotene: 132 µg
- Moisture: 13.4 gm
- Recommended
intake: 60 gm for vegetarians & 30 gm for non-vegetarians
- A gluten free food item
- Clinical
importance: Along with good amount of dietary fibers it also contains isoflavone
antioxidants which have been found to reduce post-menopausal cancers and
osteoporosis.
(v) Green gram (मूंग दाल):
Nutritional
Values (per 100 gm) & important features:
- Carbohydrate: 56.7 gm
- Protein: 24.5 gm, poor
in cysteine & methionine, rich in lysine
- Fat: 1.2 gm
- Energy: 348 kcal
- Minerals: 3.5 gm (
Ca- 75 mg, P-326 mg, Iron-3.9 mg)
- Crude fiber: 4.1 gm
- Niacin: 2.4 mg
- Thiamine: 0.47 mg
- Riboflavin: 0.21 mg
- Folate: 625 µg
- Vitamin C: 4.8 mg
- Carotene: 94 µg
- Moisture: 10.4 gm
- A gluten free food item
- Recommended
intake: 60 gm for vegetarians & 30 gm for non-vegetarians
- Clinical importance: Contains good amount of dietary fibers, folate, thiamine & vitamin C. Nutritive value can be increased by germination. It increases vitamin B & C content.
(vi) Peas dry/ White pea ( सूखी मटर/ सफेद मटर):
Nutritional
Values (per 100 gm) & important features:
- Carbohydrate: 56.5 gm
- Protein: 19.7 gm, poor
in cysteine & methionine, rich in lysine
- Fat: 1.1 gm
- Energy: 315 kcal
- Minerals: 2.2 gm (
Ca-75 mg, P-298 mg, Iron-7.05 mg)
- Crude fiber: 4.5 gm
- Niacin: 3.4 mg
- Thiamine: 0.47 mg
- Riboflavin: 0.19 mg
- Folic acid: 7.5 mg
- Carotene: 39 µg
- Moisture: 16 gm
- Recommended
intake: 60 gm for vegetarians & 30 gm for non-vegetarians
- Clinical importance: Contains b-sitosterol which helps in lowering cholesterol.
(vii) Horse gram (गहत/ कुल्थी दाल):
Nutritional
Values (per 100 gm) & important features:
- Carbohydrate: 57.2 gm
- Protein: 22.0 gm, poor
in cysteine & methionine, rich in lysine
- Fat: 0.5 gm
- Energy: 321 kcal
- Minerals: 3.2 gm (
Ca- 287 mg, P- 311 mg, Iron-6.77 mg)
- Crude fiber: 5.3 gm
- Niacin: 1.5 mg
- Thiamine: 0.42 mg
- Riboflavin: 0.2 mg
- Vitamin C: 1 mg
- Carotene: 71 µg
- Moisture: 11.8 gm
- Recommended
intake: 60 gm for vegetarians & 30 gm for non-vegetarians
- Clinical
importance: Rich in iron, Ca. Nutritive value can be increased by germination. It
increases vitamin B & C content.
(viii) Red lentils (मसूर दाल):
Nutritional
Values (per 100 gm) & important features:
- Carbohydrate: 59.0 gm
- Protein: 25.1 gm, poor
in cysteine & methionine, rich in lysine
- Fat: 0.7 gm
- Energy: 343 kcal
- Minerals: 2.1 gm (
Ca- 69 mg, P- 293 mg, Iron- 7.58 mg)
- Crude fiber: 0.7 gm
- Folic acid: 479 µg
- Moisture:12.4 gm
- A gluten free food item
- Recommended intake: 60 gm for vegetarians & 30 gm for non-vegetarians
(ix) Kidney beans/ Rajmah (राजमा):
Nutritional
Values (per 100 gm) & important features:
- Carbohydrate: 60.6 gm
- Protein: 22.9 gm, poor
in cysteine & methionine, rich in lysine
- Fat: 1.3 gm
- Energy: 346 kcal
- Minerals: 3.2 gm (
Ca- 260 mg, P-410 mg, Iron-5.1 mg)
- Crude fiber: 4.8 gm
- Moisture: 12 gm
- Recommended
intake: 60 gm for vegetarians & 30 gm for non-vegetarians
- Clinical importance: Should always be eaten well cooked. Raw or improperly beans may be toxic.
(x) Khesari dal (खेसारी दाल):
Nutritional
Values (per 100 gm) & important features:
- Carbohydrate: 56.6 gm
- Protein: 28.2 gm, poor
in cysteine & methionine, rich in lysine
- Fat: 0.6 gm
- Energy: 345 kcal
- Minerals: 2.3 gm (
Ca-90 mg, P-317 mg, Iron-6.3 mg)
- Crude fiber: 2.3 gm
- Moisture: 10.0 gm
- Clinical importance: Diets containing 30% of this dal if taken over a period of 2-6 months will result in neurolathyrism due to presence of a toxin 'Beta oxalyl amino alanine (BOAA).
- Steeping method & parboiling is recommended for detoxicating this pulse.
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