Everything about Horse Gram totally explained
Horse gram (
Macrotyloma uniflorum,
Fabaceae) is one of the lesser known
beans. It is also known as Gahat, Kulath or Kulthi, ಹುರಳಿ (huraLi) in
India and is grown here to be used as
food and
fodder.
Horse gram and
moth bean are the unexploited legumes of the
tropics and
subtropics grown mostly under dry-land agriculture. The chemical composition is comparable with commonly cultivated
legumes. Like other legumes, these are deficient in
methionine and
tryptophan. Horse gram is an excellent source of
iron and
molybdenum. Comparatively, horse gram seeds have higher
trypsin inhibitor and
hemagglutinin activities and
polyphenols than moth bean seeds. Dehusking, germination, cooking, and roasting have been shown to produce beneficial effects on nutritional quality of both the legumes. Both the legumes require prolonged cooking to obtain product of acceptable nature. A soak solution (1.5% NaHCO3 + 0.5% Na2CO3 + 0.75% citric acid) treatment has been shown to reduce cooking time and improve protein quality. Moth bean is mostly consumed as dhal or sprouts. The whole seeds of horse gram are generally utilized as cattle feed. However, it's consumed as a whole seed, sprouts, or whole meal by a large population in rural areas of southern India. Medical uses of these legumes have been discussed.
In the famous Karnataka cuisine, ಹುರಳಿಸಾರು (huraLi saaru), ಹುರಳಿ (huraLi) is the main ingredient. Gahat or Kulath is a major ingredient in the
Pahadi cuisine of Himalayan North
India. In
Uttarakhand, it's cooked in a round iron saute-pan ("
kadhai") to prepare
Ras, a favorite of most
Kumaonis.
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