GRAINS

GRAIN

Grains That We Provide

WHEAT

Wheat is one of the world’s most commonly consumed cereal grains. It comes from a type of grass (Triticum) that is grown in countless varieties worldwide. Bread wheat, or common wheat, is the primary species. … Other wheat-based foods include pasta, noodles, semolina, bulgur, and couscous.-

BLACK GRAM

Vigna mungo, the black gram, urad bean, ulundu paruppu, minapa pappu, mungo bean or black matpe bean is a bean grown in the South Asia. Like its relative, the mung bean, it has been reclassified from the Phaseolus to the Vigna genus.

BAJRA

Pearl millet is the most widely grown type of millet. It has been grown in Africa and the Indian subcontinent since prehistoric times. The center of diversity, and suggested area of domestication, for the crop, is in the Sahel zone of West Africa.

MAIZE

Thick, hardened layers of skin caused by friction and pressure.

Corns most often develop on the tops and sides of feet and between the toes. They’re benign and can also be found in weight-bearing areas.

Symptoms include hardened, raised bumps surrounded by inflamed skin. They can be painful when pressed.

Self-care measures include wearing properly fitting shoes and using protective pads. Medicated patches can help remove corns or a doctor can trim them.

PADDY

A paddy field is a flooded field of arable land used for growing semiaquatic crops, most notably rice and taro. It originates from the Neolithic rice-farming cultures of the Yangtze River basin in southern China, associated with pre-Austronesian and Hmong-Mien cultures.

RED GRAM

The pigeon pea, also known as pigeonpea, red gram, tur, pwa kongo in Haiti, guandú and frijol de palo in Ibero-America, or as gungo peas in Jamaica, is a perennial legume from the family Fabaceae.

MUSTRAD

Mustard, any of several herbs belonging to the mustard family of plants, Brassicaceae (Cruciferae), or the condiment made from these plants’ pungent seeds. The leaves and swollen leaf stems of mustard plants are also used, as greens, or potherbs.