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Varigalu are commonly known as lentils in English. Lentils are edible legumes that come in various colors such as green, brown, and red, and are a good source of protein, fiber, and other nutrients.
According to wikipedia they are different varieties of the same plant (lens culinaria). Red lentils are brown (masoor) lentils with their husks removed, so they will cook faster than green lentils.
elaichi or aelakai or u can say mushkethiri pundu
That is approximately 1.42 cups of green lentils
Like flour, sugar,oil and many other things in cooking, lentils are actually a huge variety of legumes. I fortunately live in an area where we have access to cooking materials from all parts of the world. -My point is - you can't just say"lentils" -there are at least 12 kinds and not all the same. Possibly the most common is the 'green lentil' these are the most tasty in my opinion. There are approximately 192 grams of green lentils in a cup. .
Yes, but you may need to modify the cooking time depending how it is used in the recipe. Brown lentils cook in about 20 mins while green take 45.
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Green lentils (the most common kind in north America) almost double their weight when cooked. So 450 gm of cooked Green lentils would have been about 230 grams of dry lentils.
'aaku patcha'. (leaf green) 'pasupu patcha' in turn means yellow so the first word acts as a qualifier.
Green onions are called "నిరుల్లు" (Nirullu) in Telugu.
Telugu is the major language of andhra pradesh. You say yes in telugu as avunu.