The pigeon pea or arhar dal is a perennial legume, reigns from the family Fabaceae. The cultivation takes place as a single crop or with cereals like sorghum(Sorghum bicolor), pearl millet(Pennisetium glaucum), maize(Zea mays) or combined to legumes like peanuts(Arachis hypogaea).

Pigeon Peas seed pods look flat, straight, sickle-shaped with a length of 5-9 cm. Every pod contains 2 to 9 seeds with a mixture of colors such as white, cream, yellow, purple, and black or combined with any of these individual colors. The maximum height of pigeon pea is 0.5-4.0 m, they have grown annually and harvested at the end of one season.