The important legumes in Korea are mungbean, red bean, kidney bean and cowpea. Mungbean has traditionally been used for mook (jelly-like starch gel) preparation. Cowpea has recently been utillized for substitution of mungbean. The major use of sediment of red bean is for the sweet paste. The studies related to legume starches and flours (air-dried sediment) in Korea are concentrated on the understanding of the properties of mook. The structure of starch, gelatinization and gelling properties of legume starches and flours are reviewed with emphasis of Korean literatures.