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An easy to grow, bush variety of Val Papdi producing 4-5” long beans. The plants are 2-3 feet tall and produce towering shoots of bright white flowers followed by the beans. Harvest when the beans are still young and immature.
Seeds can be direct seeded or started indoors and trasplanted out once soil temperatures have warmed. We recommend planting at least 3 plants 12” apart from eachother to be able to harvest enough beans to cook with at a time. No trellising required!
Known as hyacinth beans in English.
Minimum 20 seeds per packet.
Beautiful purple flowers producing 2-3" long half moon shaped beans in late Summer and Fall. Known as hyacinth bean in English. Delicious pods can be used for dishes like Undhiyu. Beans can also be shelled and used to make Surti Papdi Lilva shaak, where the green bean seeds are shelled and cooked with spices, onions, garlic and ginger. Vining variety, requires a trellis. Can either be direct seeded outside or started indoors 2-3 weeks before planting outside.
An heirloom variety that has been stewarded for over 6 generations in the Kodhi Village in Surat, India.
20 seeds per packet.
A small., compact bush producing dozens of hairy little pods with 5-10 urad dal seeds inside! These plants were easy to grow and required very little to no attention during the growing season. The green pods can be consumed while young or they can be left on the plant until they dry up and harvested for the black seeds (ural dal).
Urad dal is used on a daily basis in South Indian houses to make batters for vada, idlis and dosas and is also an important ingredient in tempering for most south Indian dishes.
As a legume, the plants fix nitrogen back into the soil, making it a great addition to any garden. From about 5 plants we saved around a pint of seeds!
20 seeds per packet.
Vigna mungo
Yellow soybean variety typically used to make soy milk, tofu, tempeh, and tamari. These seeds were gifted to us from Manipur, India. This variety is typically used to make Hawaijar, a culturally important dish of Manipur.
In Petaluma we found that these plants grew without much effort and began flowering in late Summer. By early Fall the plants were toppling over with tons of fresh green soybeans. At this stage the green soybeans can be harvested and cooked with, or they can be left to dry on the plant and harvested for the dry soybeans. Bean size is small so this variety would be great for fermented preparations.
As a legume these plants fix nitrogen back into the soil.
20 seeds per packet.
Glycine max