Global Initiative for Community Development Awareness (GLIDA)
尼日利亚
As regards increasing consumption of pulses, in my own part of the world, Nigeria, one of the things that discourage the working woman from its consumption is the tedious process it takes to get it ready to be eaten. The "local" woman does not have this type of challenge. For instance, sitting down to hand pick the dirts from the whole after a day's work and also varieties around here take longer time to cook. If one wants to process it into other dishes, dehusking it too takes time as well.
There are many points in the towns where pulses are cooked in different forms and sold; again,it is the "local" people that patronise them. The educated elite would not "stoop so low" as to patronise these sellers. (Except in eateries where their prices could be prohibitive)
There isn't much problem with green peas as they are readily cooked without much hassles but then, the quantity eaten is usually small. They are often cooked with rice etc. i.e. hardly eaten alone on their own.
Global Initiative for Community Development Awareness (GLIDA)
尼日利亚
Pulses are benevolent crops with many advantages for both man and his land. Pulses are redeeming, nourishing the soil back to fertility for other crops to grow in successfully thus sustaining humanity. Its rich store of fibre, protein and other essential nutrients make it stand out in the food chain.
They can be combine with other food categories to make delicious dishes. In my country they go well to make grain puddings delicious and easy to take. We combine them to make tuber food more tantalising and nutritious. In other instances they are made into sweet smelling, nice tasting soups that make one request more wraps of locally processed tuber or grain solids. Indeed, their affordability, compared to animal protein, reduces the incidence of malnutrtion in low resource setting.
We emphasise generous consumption of well prepared pulses (in the form they prefer) together with the bulky carbohydrate foods in our positive living training programs to boost the nutrtional status of our clients.
So much has been written about this ubiquitous category of food and so much shall still be discovered as knowlede expands on it!
女士 Kafilat Oloyede
As regards increasing consumption of pulses, in my own part of the world, Nigeria, one of the things that discourage the working woman from its consumption is the tedious process it takes to get it ready to be eaten. The "local" woman does not have this type of challenge. For instance, sitting down to hand pick the dirts from the whole after a day's work and also varieties around here take longer time to cook. If one wants to process it into other dishes, dehusking it too takes time as well.
There are many points in the towns where pulses are cooked in different forms and sold; again,it is the "local" people that patronise them. The educated elite would not "stoop so low" as to patronise these sellers. (Except in eateries where their prices could be prohibitive)
There isn't much problem with green peas as they are readily cooked without much hassles but then, the quantity eaten is usually small. They are often cooked with rice etc. i.e. hardly eaten alone on their own.
女士 Kafilat Oloyede
Pulses are benevolent crops with many advantages for both man and his land. Pulses are redeeming, nourishing the soil back to fertility for other crops to grow in successfully thus sustaining humanity. Its rich store of fibre, protein and other essential nutrients make it stand out in the food chain.
They can be combine with other food categories to make delicious dishes. In my country they go well to make grain puddings delicious and easy to take. We combine them to make tuber food more tantalising and nutritious. In other instances they are made into sweet smelling, nice tasting soups that make one request more wraps of locally processed tuber or grain solids. Indeed, their affordability, compared to animal protein, reduces the incidence of malnutrtion in low resource setting.
We emphasise generous consumption of well prepared pulses (in the form they prefer) together with the bulky carbohydrate foods in our positive living training programs to boost the nutrtional status of our clients.
So much has been written about this ubiquitous category of food and so much shall still be discovered as knowlede expands on it!