Vegan Indian Cooking: 140 Simple and Healthy Vegan Recipes

around the country. The one grocery
aisle that seems to baffle everyone is the
one where beans and lentils are stocked.
There are bags upon bags of different
colors and sizes, from green, to red, to
black, and even orange. Where does one
even start? The best way is to first take a
deep breath. Everything you are looking
at is from the same food category:
legumes.
Simply put, legumes are seeds that
grow in a pod. Everything you see in
bags on a grocery shelf is a dried
version of these fresh seeds. Take a
chickpea, for example. In India, vendors
sell fresh chickpea stalks door to door
from carts. The chickpeas are young and