- Black eyed peas-Vellai Kaaramani
- Chick peas/ Garbanzo beans- Kondai kadalai(white and brown)
- Cow gram- Thattai payaru, Kaaramani
- Dried peas-Kaayntha pattani
- Field bean- Mochchai
- Fried / roasted gram- pottu kadalai, udaicha kadalai
- Gram dal- Kadalai Paruppu
- Horse gram- kollu
- Moong bean, Green gram dal- pachchai payaru
- Moong dal – paasi paruppu,Payatham paruppu
- Red gram dal- Thuvaram Paruppu
- Red kidney beans- Sigappu kaaramani
- Split balck gram – Udaicha ulutham paruppu
- Whole Black Gram- Muzhu Ulutham Paruppu, ulundhu
