Abstract:Pulses meaned all kinds of food beans except soybean，such as mung bean，peas，vicia bean，ect.they also were called edible beans.Pulses featured rich nutrition，even some had special medicinal value.In China，while the researching on cereals and potatoes as staple food became more popular，the progress of researching pulses as staple food simultaneously spiked.In this paper，some studying of pulses as staple food will be elaborated on following aspects： nutrition and processing characteristics，advanced processing technology and product application.And meantime，some proposals and prospects of researching pulses as staple food will be given.