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Lentils, gram, peas and kidney beans are some commonly eaten pulses. We usually
eat them with cereals.

lentils gram kidney beans peas
Some examples of pulses

Nuts are a particular kind of edible seeds.
Most nuts have a hard shell or covering

around them. Some common examples of
almond groundnut walnut
nuts are almond, groundnut and walnut.
Some examples of nuts

Other Edible Plant Products

• We get oil from various parts of plants such as seeds, leaves, fruits and fl owers.
Plant oils such as groundnut, sunfl ower, mustard, olive and coconut oils are
used for cooking. Oils such as basil and eucalyptus are used in medicines. We

also use oils like coconut, mustard and olive oil for oiling our hair and body. Oils
like lavender and sandalwood are used in soaps.

groundnut sunfl ower coconut mustard

Some examples of plants that give us oil

• Flowers, leaves, roots, barks and seeds of certain plants are added to food to

add fl avour, colour and smell to it. They turn the food tasty by making it sweet,
hot, sour or spicy. These are called spices. They can be used as whole or ground
in a powdered form.

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