Explanation:

The legume family consists of plants that produce a pod with seeds inside. Common edible legumes include lentils, peas, chickpeas, beans, soyabeans and peanuts.Cultivation of all the crops including cereals and regular vegetables will get benefitted if the legume vegetables are grown once a season.
Apart from fixing atmospheric nitrogen, the legume vegetables also help in increasing the organic content of the soil as they produce huge quantum of foliage that gets added into the soil. In addition to this, they also enhance the water-holding capacity of soil, he points out. They have a positive impact on human health too as these protein-rich legume vegetables can help fight protein and energy-deficiency induced malnutrition.They also contain so-called anti-nutrients like Phytic Acid, Lectins and Saponins which are substances that can interfere with digestion and the absorption of other nutrients.