Eating pulses with grains to have meals with a complete amino acid profile Highlights Doing so can provide with protein and amino acids Pulses can be consumed on a daily basis Did you know that there are as many as 65,000 varieties of pulses in India? Across the country, people consume pulses as a staple part of their diet. In several states, pulses are consumed on a daily basis. However, where people lag behind is having a variety of pulses. Celebrity nutritionist Rujuta Diwekar recently took to Instagram to talk about how important it is to have a variety of pulses and also three other rules to have pulses, in order to reap maximum benefits from them.