This Legume Tree Naturally Fertilizes the Soil

<p><span data-sheets-value="{" data-sheets-userformat="{">One of the staple pulses in Indian cuisine, the pigeon pea is much more than just a tasty ingredient in daal. It doubles as a natural fertilizer and can take nitrogen from the air and fix it into the soil. In this episode, we&rsquo;ll talk with Aeles, an indigenous chef in Taiwan, about the ways her tribe cooks the pea; Vikram Doctor, a food journalist in India on how it&rsquo;s used in Indian cuisine; and Koreen Brennan, a permaculture instructor based in Florida, on why it&rsquo;s such a great plant to have in tropical gardens.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Topics covered in this episode:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Min 0:00: Meet Aeles</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Min 2:07: What is pigeon pea?&nbsp;</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Min 3:22: How Aeles and the Taromak cook pigeon pea</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Min 6:21: Meet Vikram Doctor</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Min 6:39: Why split legumes?</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Min 8:04: The fundamentality of pigeon pea to Indian cooking&nbsp;</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Min 11:51: Legumes as nitrogen fixers</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Min 16:17: Increasing substitution of pigeon peas with yellow peas</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Min 19:34: How climate change will affect legume consumption</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Min 22:14: Meet Koreen Brennan</span></li> <li style