purple.alien.giraffe
Executive Chef
OK, so this question is totally Snip's fault. She posted that really good looking recipe for Bobotie ala Odette except I wasn't sure what Garam Masala was. So I opened up the (usually) trusty Google search page and looked it up. This led me to some really interesting information about Garam Masala and Curry and ate up way more of my time than I really should have allowed. In one of the articles I was reading the author mentioned Bengal Gram but didn't explain what it was. Thinking it must be another spice type thing I opened up another (usually) trusty Google search page and looked up Bengal Gram. This is where it got annoying.
"Bengal gram are chickpeas." "Bengal gram are lentils." "Chickpeas are lentils." "No they're not, they're legumes." "Lentils are legumes, chickpeas are legumes but chickpeas aren't lentils and Bengal gram are chickpeas no they're not they're lentils." "Only some chickpeas are lentils." Make up your flipping mind, the internet!
So now I'm asking my trusty DC friends, what is Bengal gram? The internet can't seem to come to an agreement and I figure you guys probably know better than it anyway.
"Bengal gram are chickpeas." "Bengal gram are lentils." "Chickpeas are lentils." "No they're not, they're legumes." "Lentils are legumes, chickpeas are legumes but chickpeas aren't lentils and Bengal gram are chickpeas no they're not they're lentils." "Only some chickpeas are lentils." Make up your flipping mind, the internet!
So now I'm asking my trusty DC friends, what is Bengal gram? The internet can't seem to come to an agreement and I figure you guys probably know better than it anyway.