Editing Chickpea (section)

==Varieties==

The most common variety of chickpea in South Asia, [[Ethiopia]], Mexico, and [[Iran]] is the desi type, also called Bengal gram.<ref name="fao">{{cite web |title=Chickpea (Cicer arietinum) |url=https://www.feedipedia.org/node/319 |access-date=10 May 2019 |website=www.Feedipedia.org}}</ref> It has small, dark seeds and a rough coat. It can be black, green or speckled. In [[Hindi]], it is called ''desi chana'' 'native chickpea' or ''kala chana'' 'black chickpea', and in [[Assamese language|Assamese]] and Bengali, it is called ''boot'' or ''chholaa boot''. It can be hulled and split to make ''[[Dal#Common ingredients|chana dal]]'', ''[[Jyotisar#Kurukshetra Prasadam - Channa laddu speciality prasadam|Kurukshetra Prasadam]]'' (channa laddu),<ref name="tir14">{{Cite web|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/haryana/chana-laddoo-to-be-kurukshetra-prasadam-49618|title=Chana laddoo to be 'Kurukshetra prasadam'|first=Tribune News|last=Service|website=Tribuneindia News Service|access-date=2021-08-22|archive-date=2023-03-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230320182920/https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/haryana/chana-laddoo-to-be-kurukshetra-prasadam-49618|url-status=dead}}</ref> and ''bootor daali''.

Around the Mediterranean and in the Middle East, the most common variety of chickpea is the kabuli type. It is large and tan-colored, with a smooth coat. It was introduced to India in the 18th century from Afghanistan and is called ''kabuli chana'' in Hindi''.''<ref>{{cite web |title=Taxonomy and Nomenclature for Family ''Leguminosae Juss., Cicer arietinum subsp. arietinum'' |url=https://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:46:2650767499563036::NO::module,source,taxid,akzname:mf,volksnam,30808,Cicer%20arietinum%20subsp.%20arietinum |access-date=31 January 2008 |publisher=Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops}}</ref>

An uncommon black chickpea, ''ceci neri'', is grown only in [[Apulia]] and [[Basilicata]], in southern Italy. It is around the same size as garbanzo beans, larger and darker than the 'desi' variety.