Green gram is a small, oval-shaped bean that you can cook before or after soaking. Once cooked, the bean is sweet and soft in texture, and it is easily digested, so it doesn't produce flatulence like many other legumes. The mung bean has an olive green husk and a dark-mustard-colored interior. The dried bean is often split to expedite cooking and sold as green dal. If it has been hulled before splitting, only the yellow endosperm remains, and the bean goes by various names including moong dal and mung dal. Green gram dal, which still has the husks, maintains its shape better when cooking, while moong dal becomes soft and mushy like porridge. Because of their soft consistency, dals are used for stews, soups, salads and desserts. Contains no cholesterol and good source of vitamins and minerals. High in fibre sprouted moong is used in salads. English :green gram tamil :pachai parupu / payatham paruppu / pasipayir malayalam :cherupayaru telugu :pesaru pappu / pesalu / pacha-pesalu kannada :hesare / hesurubelae / idi hesuru hindi :sabut mung bengali :mug gujarati :muga konkani :moogu marathi :mung / hirave mug oriya :muga / biri / jhain muga punjabi :mung / moongi tulu :elya-padengi kashmiri :muang