On Food and Cooking

dissolvable; sugar helps reinforce cell-wall structure and slows the swelling of the starch granules; and ...

reason: heat penetrates a dry seed faster than water does. If beans are cooked directly from the dry state, ...

candidum, Torulopsis species) feed on the sugars and produce acids, aroma compounds, carbon dioxide ...

original weight after 10–12 hours. As the soaking temperature goes up, absorption accelerates; and if the beans ...

both the taste and texture of the cooked beans. The alkalinity of baking soda can give an unpleasantly ...

growing season. The outer seed coat gets very water-resistant, so it takes much longer for water to mov ...

cooked, they’re likely to be smaller than normal and so may be picked out before serving. The Composition of Dry and Spr ...

Roasting Though most legumes are cooked in liquid to soften their starch and cell walls, a few are parched in ...

they puff and the seed coat can be rubbed off. Characteristics of Some common Legumes Fava or Broad Beans ...

softens the coat. In Egypt, the popular dish called ful medames is made by boiling the mature beans until soft, ...

advantageous genetic trait before malaria was brought under control. Food Words: Bean, Frijol The term “bean” ...

seed coat, and a dark color from abundant phenolic compounds. They’re the main variety grown ...

Chickpeas are the most important legume in India, where they’re hulled and split to make chana dal, ground ...

of varieties of different sizes, shapes, seed- coat colors and color patterns, shininess, and flavors. Most ...

much as popcorn and remains fairly dense, with a powdery texture and nutty flavor. Lima Bean The ...

They’re especially rich in protein, iron, calcium, and fiber, and have a distinctive, sweet flavor ...

commonly grown, while the small, finer- textured ones include the prized green French lentille du Puy, th ...

Pea The pea has been cultivated for around 9,000 years and spread quite early from the Mid ...

Black-eyed Pea The so-called black-eyed pea or cowpea is not really a pea, but an African relative of the mung ...

Mung Bean, Black Gram, Azuki The Grams The legume genus Vigna, which is native to the Old World, provides ...