French Beans

SCIENTIFIC NAME :
Phaseolus Vulgaris

MEDICINAL VALUE :
Green beans provides us with the mineral silicon. This mineral is very important for bone health and for healthy formation of connective tissue.

NUTRIENT VALUE :
Very good source of dietary fibre, vitamins, minerals, and plant derived micronutrients.

CULINERY AND OTHER VALUES :
Green beans are often steamed, boiled, stir-fried, or baked, In southern India normally they are cooked with grated coconut giving a delicious taste to the beans fry or added in sambar.

GLOSSARY :
English : French Beans
Tamil : Beans
Malayalam : Beans
Telugu : French Chikkudu
Kannada : French Beans / Huruli Kayi
Hindi : Bakla / Pharasbeen / Sem
Bengali : Beans
Gujarati : Fansi
Konkani : Beans / Anne Saango
Marathi : Farasbi
Oriya : French Beans
Punjabi : Fras Bean
Kashmiri : Fraa’Sh Bean