Here you will find a whole range of recipes incorporating beans from the ancient world to modern times. Just about every civilization and culture has recipes using beans as they can be dried and stored over winter. Beans are also a survival food and an excellent source of protein in conjunction with staples such as maize, wheat, barley, millet etc. For this reason many of the bean recipes given originate in Africa and South America, though I have bean and bean-associated recipes listed here from all corners of the globe.

I am using a fairly broad definition of 'bean' here. Effectively I am including all pulses, raw bean pods, lentils and peas. Basically members of the Fabaceae family of flowering plants that produce pods or seeds that are edible by humans. This included beans such as broad (fava) beans, haricot (navy) beans, cannellini beans, barlotti beans, adzuki beans, haricot beans etc; string beans, mangetout, fine beans (where the unripe pods are edible); peas; and lentils. There are also beans grown primarily for oil extraction (soy beans) and beans that are fermented to to make condiments (such as African locust beans).

In almost all instances, human farming started with grains, but all grains are deficient in the essential amino acid, Lysine (maize is in addition, deficient in tryptophan). This is one of the reasons that despite higher availability of food, the health of the first farmers declined in comparison with their hunter-gatherer antecedents. Legumes are generally deficient in Methionine, but have plenty of lysine. So, if you combine grains and legumes in the diet you have a complete source of amino acids. Interestingly, common nuts are deficient in both Methionine and Lysine, so you would need a diet of nuts, legumes and grains to get complete amino acid intake. This is why, once legumes were introduced to the first farmers' diets, health improved significantly. This is why, all over the world, there is a bean and grain staple that has often led to the rise of major civilizatons (rice and dhal on India; maize and beans in Mesoamerica; wheat or oats/barley and Celtic beans in Europe; sorghum, millet or teff and beans in Africa; rice and beans in Asia).

The recipes given here are sourced from around the world, and give a broad view of bean-based dishes globally. There are also more modern recipes using bean-based flours as a base for gluten-free dishes. Beans also have a very log glycaemic index compared with may other foods so beans and bean flours are excellent for anyone on a low GI diet.

The alphabetical list of all the bean-based recipes on this site follows, (limited to 100 recipes per page). There are 755 recipes in total:

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Abgousht (Persian Beef Stew)      Origin: Iran	Atar Allecha (Spiced Green Pea Purée)      Origin: Egypt	Beef Burritos      Origin: America
Abrabang      Origin: Palau	Aw Lahm (Lao Stew)      Origin: Laos	Beignets de Niebé (Cowpea Fritters)      Origin: Mali
Abura-miso      Origin: Japan	Ayimonlou (Togolese Rice and Beans)      Origin: Togo	Belizean Chicken Breakfast      Origin: Belize
Achapa (Walnut Lobio)      Origin: Abkhazia	Ayimonlou et N'gbagba (Togolese Rice and Beans with N'gbagba)      Origin: Togo	Belizean Rice and Beans      Origin: Belize
Adas Polo (Rice with Lentils)      Origin: Iran	Azevias de Grão (Sweet Chickpea Pockets)      Origin: Portugal	Benes y Fryed (Medieval Fried Beans)      Origin: England
Adowè (Mashed Beans)      Origin: Togo	Azinkokoui aux Bloms (Azinkokoui with Blom Sausages)      Origin: Togo	Beninese Jollof Rice      Origin: Benin
Ahi Poke Bowl      Origin: Hawaii	Baajiya (Somali Black-eyed Pea Fritters)      Origin: Somalia	Bermuda Peas n' Rice      Origin: Bermuda
Ahi Poke Bowl      Origin: Kiribati	Baghali Shevid Polow (Lima Bean with Dill Rice)      Origin: Iran	Besan Ladoo      Origin: India
Akkra Funfun      Origin: Benin	Bahamian Crab and Rice      Origin: Saint Barthelemy	Bhuna Kedgeree      Origin: Anglo-Indian
Al-Aïch (Chicken, Beans and Couscous)      Origin: Mauritania	Baianas (Baian Beans)      Origin: Roman	Bhuna Khichuri      Origin: Bangladesh
Alitcha Birsen      Origin: Eritrea	Bajiy (Red Lentil Fritters)      Origin: Somalia	Big Bowl Chili      Origin: American
Aliter Fabaciae (Green Beans, Another Way)      Origin: Roman	Bajiyoo (Djibouti Pulse Dumplings)      Origin: Djibouti	Bigilla (Broad Bean Dip)      Origin: Malta
Aliter Faseolus Sive Cicer (Broad Beans or Chickpeas, Another Way)      Origin: Roman	Bak Kut Teh (Spicy Sparerib Soup)      Origin: Malaysia	Black Bean Burritos      Origin: America
Aliter Lenticulam (Lentils, Another Way)      Origin: Roman	Baked Beans with Nigerian Seasonings      Origin: African Fusion	Black Bean Curry      Origin: Fusion
Aliter Pisam Sive Faba (Peas or Broad Beans, Another Way)      Origin: Roman	Baked Chicken Chimichangas      Origin: America	Black Bean Sauce      Origin: China
Aliter pisam sive fabam (Broad Beans and/or Split Peas)      Origin: Roman	Baked Tilapia with Pineapple and Black Beans      Origin: Costa Rica	Black Beans      Origin: Mexico
Aliter porros III (Salad of Leeks with Broad Beans)      Origin: Roman	Baleadas Hondureñas      Origin: Honduras	Black Eyed Pea Flour Bread      Origin: Liberia
Aloo Muttar      Origin: Britain	Banana and Chickpea Vegan Sheek Kebab      Origin: Britain	Black-eyed Beans and Plantain Pottage      Origin: Nigeria
Alu ko Achhar (Potatoes with Split Peas)      Origin: Nepal	Bananas with Split Green Peas      Origin: Rwanda	Blueberry Smoothie      Origin: American
Alubias Blancas Con Almejas (White Beans with Clams)      Origin: Spain	Bandeja Paisa (Paisa Platter)      Origin: Colombia	Bolivian Salteñas      Origin: Bolivia
Alubias blancas con calamar y aceite de romero (White Beans with Squid and Rosemary Oil)      Origin: Spain	Barbecued Tofu      Origin: Fusion	Bombay Mix      Origin: India
Amashaza mu gitoke (Peas with Plantains)      Origin: Uganda	Batar Da'an (Maize, Mung Bean and Squash Stew)      Origin: East Timor	Boondi Laddu      Origin: India
Ambrevades au Curry (Pigeon Pea and Coconut Curry)      Origin: Comoros	Bean and Almond Salad      Origin: South Africa	Bori (Bengali Baked Dumplings)      Origin: India
Amritsar Fish and Chips      Origin: India	Bean and Wild Mushroom Stew      Origin: Britain	Borulce (Black-eyed Pea Stew)      Origin: Turkey
Andhra Pappu Charu (Andhra-style Lentil Puree Curry)      Origin: India	Bean Foogath      Origin: India	Bosanski Lonac (Bosnian Pot Stew)      Origin: Bosnia
Anguillan Rice and Peas      Origin: Anguilla	Bean Goulash with Beef      Origin: Czech	Bosh (Beans and Bread)      Origin: Sudan
Arroz al Horno con Perdiz (Baked Rice with Garlic)      Origin: Spain	Beans and Bananas      Origin: Burundi	Bouneschlupp (Green Beans Soup)      Origin: Luxembourg
Arroz con Gandules (Puerto Rican Rice and Beans with Sofrito)      Origin: Puerto Rico	Beans Gravy      Origin: Liberia	Bragoli (Maltese Beef Rolls)      Origin: Malta
Arroz con Menestra y Carne (Rice with Meat in Stew)      Origin: Ecuador	Beans with Artichokes and Olives      Origin: British	Braised Lamb Shanks with Cannellini Beans      Origin: Britain
Arroz con Pollo (Chicken with Saffron Rice)      Origin: Spain	Beans With Rum      Origin: Montserrat	Breakfast Miso Soup      Origin: Japan
Arroz con Pollo Guatemalteco (Chicken with Rice, Guatemalan Style)      Origin: Guatemala	Bébélé (Tripe and Plantain Stew)      Origin: Guadeloupe	Brine-pickled Himalayan Balsam Pods      Origin: American
Asado de Tenera (Roast Veal)      Origin: Spain	Bedmi Puri      Origin: India	Brine-pickled Radish Pods      Origin: American
Ash Guznh Mazndrana (Mazandarani Style Nettle Soup)      Origin: Iran	Beef and Bean Chimichangas      Origin: America
Atar Alecha (Spiced Split Green Peas)      Origin: Ethiopia	Beef and Dhal Curry      Origin: India

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