Re: Why pulses are not part of western diet ?
This is funny, because the goray people I have come across in NY actually like daalein or "pulses" as they are called in desis. Once I mentioned the word "pulses" and got strange looks, but you tell them about lentils, black, white, red beans, kidney beans, split peas, chick peas etc, and they know what you are talking about. Most of them really like it as well.