Red Beans - Jumla Simi

Beans are usually used as dal, soup and for porridge. Special Kwati and Dal, is a classic Nepalese mountain recipe made from high-altitude. Jumla beans, a traditional mixture of black, red, yellow and spotted beans from the Jumla and Humla districts of Nepal in the Himalayan region. The beans are an indigenous food linked to the local culture and religious festivities. The traditional practice of bean cultivation is quite unique and also contributes in providing solutions to combat biotic and abiotic stresses. Mainly black, yellow, white and red colored and spotted beans are cultivated in himalayan landscape. Kidney beans are a good source of several vitamins and minerals, such as molybdenum, folate, iron, copper, manganese, potassium, and vitamin K1.