The pale, large-calibre chickpea of the subcontinent, graded by count, sized to the millimetre, and carried for the hummus houses of the Gulf.
The Particulars
- Botanical
- Cicer arietinum L. (Kabuli)
- Origin
- Madhya Pradesh · Maharashtra · Gujarat
- Season
- Rabi crop, gathered in spring
- Calibre
- 6–12 mm; counts 40/42–58/60 per oz
- Purity
- 99% and above, sortex-passed
- Moisture
- Not above 12%
- Packing
- 25/50 kg PP; 1,000–1,250 kg jumbo
- Papers
- CEPA preferential origin
- Carriage
- Mundra · Kandla; 5–7 days to Jebel Ali
- Shelf
- 12 months, kept cool and dry
The pale, large-calibre chickpea, graded by count from forty-two to fifty-eight the ounce and sized to twelve millimetres. Carried for hummus, the canning line, and the considered tables of the Gulf.
Provenance
The Kabuli is drawn from the fields of Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Gujarat, the heart of the world's chickpea country. Each lot is calibrated from six to twelve millimetres and counted from forty-two to fifty-eight the ounce, so a buyer contracts not for chickpeas but for a precise stone.
Carriage & Packing
Lots are sortex-passed, machine-cleaned, and packed in new PP bags of twenty-five and fifty kilograms, or in jumbo bags to twelve hundred and fifty. From Mundra and Kandla the carriage to Jebel Ali is five to seven days, the shortest road any chickpea travels to the Gulf, under CEPA's preferential papers.