Beans & Pulses

Saluggia Beans are a type of cranberry bean thats thought to originate from northern Italy. Saluggia beans are also wonderful for making Italian baked beans in a rich tomato sauce (tomato, molasses, garlic, brown sugar, balsamic vinegar, Dijon mustard, onion and beer).

Approximately 85% of the world’s soybean crop is processed into soybean meal and vegetable oil. Soybeans can be broadly classified as “vegetable” (garden) or field (oil) types. Vegetable types cook more easily, have a mild, nutty flavour, better texture, are larger in size, higher in protein and lower in oil than field types.

Bigilla is a traditional Maltese dish made of mashed beans. Tic beans are used. These are similar to but smaller than broad beans, with a darker and harder skin.

White Beans is a generic term for ivory-white skinned kidney-shaped beans. Varieties include , great Northern bean, navy bean, and pea bean and haricot.

White Beans is a generic term for ivory-white skinned kidney-shaped beans. Varieties include , great Northern bean, navy bean, and pea bean and haricot.

White Peas are used in many Indian cuisines.

Yellow Kidney Beans are named for their visual resemblance to a kidney, both in shape and colour. Yellow Kidney Beans are sometimes confused with other beans of a similar colour. Commonly used in dishes such as Chili con Carne and traditional dishes in northern regions of India and Pakistan.

Yellow split peas are commonly used to make pea soup or “split pea soup” and sometimes pease pudding. Yellow split peas are most often used to prepare dhal. They are used extensively in European, Asian and Iranian cuisines.

Yellow Peas are used in many Indian cuisines.