On Mon, Nov 13, 2006 at 05:24:56PM +0530, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > nitpick: bendha kaalu is boiled or steamed beans.
so what sort of beans are we talking about exactly? (green) beans [1]? dried beans [2]? or chana dal which is what occurred to me, not knowing the kannada etymology of bengal i thought it may refer to bengal gram (apparently very good for diabetics [3]). if a city is going to be named after beans, we should all be clear about what we're talking about. -rishab 1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bean 2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulse_%28legume%29 3. http://www.mendosa.com/chanadal.html
