Mung bean (Vigna Radiata) is a plant species of Fabaceae which is also known as green gram. Moong Dal is the Split Version of Whole mung Beans also known as green gram, either with or without skin. The skinned version is known as yellow moong dal, yellow dal or yellow petite lentils. Split version with the skin is known as chilka moong dal, chilka mung or split green mung. These have the green skin intact and only the mung beans are split.