Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:
(pottage). Peas, beans, lentils, and so forth, and, in a Hebrew sense, perhaps the cereals (Dan. 1:12-16).
Concise Bible Dictionary:
Any species of grain or seeds used for food (Dan. 1:12, 16).
Pulses
Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:
Meaning:
or zeraSon {zay-raw-ohn'}; from 2232; something sown (only in the plural), i.e. a vegetable (as food)