Bulk Buying pulses

Outdoorlass

I am just wondering where you all buy your pulses from? I am buying mine from Asda atm, I pay about £1 for a bag of red lentils, the bag isn't huge, I would say I only get about 4 pans of soup from it. These are non-soak variety of lentil, is there anywhere else I could source them from?

Thanks

Sublime_2

Is there some sort of world food shop near you, that specialise in asian, african, etc foods? They tend to have big bags of pulses/grains etc.

BitterAndTwisted

Yep, I get mine from either the Asian or the Turkish grocers usually in two-kilo bags. Cheap as chips. They have some things I've never heard of before and am intrigued by. What would you make from fufu flour, for instance?

Vaila

There is a huge asian supermarket near me and i bulk buy 3kg bags of dried pulses,cous cous and spices from there

sarah*a

BitterAndTwisted wrote: »

. What would you make from fufu flour, for instance?

I really don't think I want to know :rotfl::rotfl:


Ok - I googled it and apparently its like an instant mash flour made from yams and can be used to make dumplings

I wasn't sure whether or not to believe the wikipedia explanation as it read rather tongue in cheek (sample quote: 'chewing fufu is a faux pas') :rotfl:

*sigh* I only looked as this thread as I need to buy some pulses for Sunnyday's dog food receipe on the slow cooker thread and look where I've ended up :eek: The shame :rotfl:)

(apologies if I've upset anyone )

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itsallinthemind

Natco brand, huge bag, from Tescos is the cheapest I have found when not using 'ethnic' shops or online retailers:)

itsallinthemind

http://www.natco-online.com/acatalog/BeanLentils.html also online http://www.natco-online.com/acatalog/Postalratecard.html postal rates

griffam

http://www.foodbargains.co.uk/products/Pearl_Barley_1kg-1614-18.html They sometimes have loose products at this site.....not much at the moment but worth adding to your favourites abd checking regularly.

Outdoorlass

Thanks everyone:cool: