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 1015 recipes in total:

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Belizean Chicken Breakfast      Origin: Belize	Bragoli (Maltese Beef Rolls)      Origin: Malta	Canarian Ropa Vieja      Origin: Spain
Belizean Rice and Beans      Origin: Belize	Braised Lamb Shanks with Cannellini Beans      Origin: Britain	Cannellini alla Catania      Origin: Italy
Benes y Fryed (Medieval Fried Beans)      Origin: England	Brazilian-style Venison with Rice      Origin: Fusion	Cantonese Garden Vegetable Stir-fry      Origin: China
Beninese Jollof Rice      Origin: Benin	Breakfast Miso Soup      Origin: Japan	Cape Malay Black-eyed Beans Curry      Origin: South Africa
Bermuda Peas n' Rice      Origin: Bermuda	Breakfast Pizza      Origin: British	Cape Malay Mutton and Dhal Curry      Origin: South Africa
Besan Ladoo      Origin: India	Breakfast Pizza 2      Origin: British	Cape Verde Jagacida      Origin: Cape Verde
Bhuna Kedgeree      Origin: Anglo-Indian	Breast of Veal à la Printaniere      Origin: British	Caraotas Negras (Venezuelan Black Beans)      Origin: Venezuela
Bhuna Khichuri      Origin: Bangladesh	Brine-pickled Himalayan Balsam Pods      Origin: American	Carapaus Fritos (Portuguese Fried Mackerel)      Origin: Portugal
Big Bowl Chili      Origin: American	Brine-pickled Radish Pods      Origin: American	Cardo con Verdolaga (Pork with Purslane)      Origin: Mexico
Bigilla (Broad Bean Dip)      Origin: Malta	British Virgin Islands Peas Soup      Origin: British Virgin Islands	Cari Dholl (Yellow Split Pea Curry)      Origin: Mauritius
Binch Akara (Bean Fritters)      Origin: Zambia	Broad Bean and Bacon Soup      Origin: Britain	Caribbean Rice and Beans      Origin: British Virgin Islands
Binch Akara (Sierra Leonean Bean Fritters)      Origin: Sierra Leone	Bruine Bonen (Suriname-style Kidney Bean Stew)      Origin: Suriname	Caribbean Rice and Beans      Origin: US Virgin Islands
Bissara      Origin: Morocco	Bruine Bonen met Rijst (Brown Beans with Rice)      Origin: Suriname	Caribbean-style Chicken Curry      Origin: Fusion
Bissara Chorba (Moroccan Broad Bean Soup)      Origin: Morocco	Bufuke with Onion Sauce      Origin: Uganda	Carlin Pea and Glazed Halloumi Saag      Origin: Britain
Black Bean Burritos      Origin: America	Burundi Beans and Plantains      Origin: Burundi	Carlin Pea Curry with Perpetual Spinach and Peanut Butter      Origin: Britain
Black Bean Curry      Origin: Fusion	Burundian Bean Soup      Origin: Burundi	Carlin Pea Hummus      Origin: Britain
Black Bean Huevos Rancheros      Origin: Mexico	Bygan Dhal      Origin: India	Carlin Pea Masala      Origin: Britain
Black Bean Sauce      Origin: China	Byrger Ffa (Bean Burger)      Origin: Welsh	Carlin Pea Ragu      Origin: Britain
Black Beans      Origin: Mexico	Cëebu Jen II      Origin: Senegal	Carlin pea, kale and chorizo one pot      Origin: Britain
Black Eyed Beans Jambalaya Recipe      Origin: American	Caccabinam Minorem (Small Casserole)      Origin: Roman	Carlin Pea, Pearl Barley and Tomato Stew      Origin: Britain
Black Eyed Pea Flour Bread      Origin: Liberia	Cachupa Rica      Origin: Cape Verde	Carlin Pease Pudding      Origin: Britain
Black-eyed Beans and Plantain Pottage      Origin: Nigeria	Cachupa Rica II      Origin: Cape Verde	Carne en Salsa (Beef in Gravy)      Origin: Gibraltar
Black-eyed Pea Gumbo      Origin: Cajun	Cactus Chili      Origin: America	Carne Mechada      Origin: Venezuela
Blueberry Smoothie      Origin: American	Cajun Bean and Potato Stew      Origin: America	Casado      Origin: Costa Rica
Bolivian Salteñas      Origin: Bolivia	Cajun Beans over Cornbread      Origin: Cajun	Casamiento (Salvadorean Beans and Rice)      Origin: El Salvador
Bombay Mix      Origin: India	Cajun Brew Pork'n'Beans      Origin: American	Cassave Brood (Cassava Roti)      Origin: Suriname
Bonfire Bangers and Beans      Origin: British	Cajun Chili Pork      Origin: Cajun	Cassoulet à Moda Brasileira (Brazilian-style Cassoulet)      Origin: Brazil
Boondi Laddu      Origin: India	Cajun Tofu Gumbo      Origin: Cajun	Cassoulet Mauricien (Mauritian Cassoulet)      Origin: Mauritius
Bori (Bengali Baked Dumplings)      Origin: India	Cala (Black-eyed Pea Puffs)      Origin: Aruba	Catrachitas      Origin: Honduras
Borulce (Black-eyed Pea Stew)      Origin: Turkey	Calabrese Mushroom Chili      Origin: American	Catwad Ffa Dringo (Runner Bean Chutney)      Origin: Welsh
Bosanski Lonac (Bosnian Pot Stew)      Origin: Bosnia	Caldeiraa de Cabrito (Goat Meat Stew)      Origin: Mozambique	Cauli-matar Ko Tarakari      Origin: Nepal
Bosh (Beans and Bread)      Origin: Sudan	Calentita      Origin: Gibraltar	Cauliflower Curry with Scallops      Origin: Fusion
Boston Baked Beans with Marmite      Origin: Britain	Californian Stir Fry      Origin: American
Bouneschlupp (Green Beans Soup)      Origin: Luxembourg	Canadian Minced Beef Curry      Origin: Canada

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