Cluster beans (guar)

Cyamopsis tetragonoloba

vegetable · legume

Thin, slightly bitter young pods, cooked like green beans in Indian curries and sabzis.

Origin

India and Pakistan

Season (United States)

all year round

Preparation

The pods are topped and tailed, any string removed, cut into pieces and cooked for ten minutes in the curry; they are eaten cooked.

Molecules

In small amounts, not counted Insoluble fibers

Did you know?

It is the same plant that gives guar gum, taken from its ripe seeds.