Top 10 Types of Edible Green Beans in India

There are over 100 varieties of edible green beans available in India, Here we are listing only the popular one and easily available in the market.
Soybeans and Mung Beans are the most common beans but counted as Daal or lentils, lets explore the green beans of India.

Green Soybeans / Edamame

Green soybeans or Edamame are immature green soyabeans pods, used for cooking common snacks item and Hirvya Soybean dish.
Edamame found in both sweet and savory dishes and the green soybean pods are picked before they fully ripen.

Mung Beans / Green Gram

Mung Beans are extremely popular green beans in India and packed with high nutritive value.
Mung beans are used in some regional cuisines of India such as sprouted mung beans in Goa, beans without skins to make fritters called mangode and mung dal.

Moth Beans or Matki is another less popular beans of India that has high nutritive value and sprouted moth or matki beans used in Daal and traditional Maharashtrian dish.

French Beans / Farash Beans

French beans is one of the most popular beans choice among the green beans for vegetables along with Barbati in India.
This Green bean is easy to cooked in multiple way, boiled and severed with potatoes and carrot.

Cluster Beans / Gawar Phali

Guar or cluster beans is mostly found in India only and India is the main producer of cluster beans.
Gawarbean grows well in semiarid areas of Rajasthan, Gujarat and Kutch regions in India.

Cowpeas Beans / Barbati

Barbati is the most common green beans available in India, also known as Cowpea Beans or Barbati/Jhudanga.
Aloo Barbati ki sabji can not be missed in India while traveling to villages local market.

Indian Beans / Sem ki Phalli

Sem ki Phalli is called true Indian Beans, This species of beans cultivated throughout the world for food, mostly in Africa and India.
There are many local dishes being made by Lablab or hyacinth beans in Tamil Nadu, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.

Flat Beans / Lima Beans

Lima Beans are big flat beans and a legume grown for its edible seeds or beans.
They are called double beans or big beans in India, In Southern state of Tamil Nadu – a very popular variety of lima beas are cultivated.

Winged Beans / Goa Beans

The winged bean or goa beans also known as cigarillas, Are part of the legume family and can be eaten like dry beans, edible oils and salad.
Winged beans are grown in India as a good source of vegetable in Assam, Manipur, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.

Velvet Beans / Kaunch Beans

Velvet Beans are also known as Bengal velvet bean and Kaunch as locally, An extreme itchiness plant that causes red swollen bumps along with the itching on skin when touched.
Mucuna pruriens is a popular delicacy in tribal communities and also used as traditional Ayurvedic medicine.

Yardlong Beans / Asparagus Bean

The yardlong beans or Asparagus beans are long beans with edible green pods, grown primarily for its strikingly long green pods. Asparagus bean most widely grown in the warmer parts of India and South Asia.