Description

Chickpea or chana is a very important pulse crop that grows as a seed of a plant named Cicer arietinum in the Leguminosae family. This light brown colored pulse is considered to be a good source of protein and is also called by the name of Garbanzo beans. Chickpeas is used as an edible seed and is also used for making flour throughout the globe. Having a capacity to stand in drought conditions, this crop doesn’t have the requirement of being fed with nitrogen fertilizers.

Chickpeas are also called: garbanza, garbanzo bean, chickpea, chick pea, chickpeas, chick peas, chana, channa, chana dal, channa dal, indian pea, cici, ceci bean, gram, bengal gram, hummus, cicer arietinum, kabuli, kabulli, desi, pois chicke, shihu, chola, cheechee, pois chiche, gran y safaid bean.

The varieties of Chickpea are separated on the basis the seed size, color and taste. Two of those varieties, namely Kabuli and Desi.