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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Dan Waké      Origin: Niger	Dunguri nda Mo (Rice and Black-eyed Peas)      Origin: Niger	Feijao de Oleo de Palma (Palm Oil Beans)      Origin: Angola
Dark Beer Soup with Pork      Origin: Estonia	Easy Lentil Soup      Origin: Britain	Feijoada (Pork, Black Bean and Sausage Stew)      Origin: East Timor
Dau Khuon Xao Lan (Curried Tofu Stir-fry)      Origin: Vietnam	Eggless Quiche      Origin: British	Feijoada à Angolana (Angolan Feijoada)      Origin: Angola
Dengu (Green Lentil Stew)      Origin: Kenya	Eight-treasures Sweet Rice Cake      Origin: China	Feijoda      Origin: Brazil
Dhal      Origin: India	Ekşili Çorba (Sour Soup)      Origin: Turkey	Fermented Oil Beans      Origin: Nigeria
Dhal Dhokla      Origin: India	Ekuru with Ata Sauce (Steamed Savoury Beans with Ata Sauce)      Origin: Nigeria	Feta Falafel Burger      Origin: Fusion
Dhan Saag Dhal      Origin: India	El Cocido      Origin: Spain	Feta Tacos with Guacamole      Origin: Britain
Dholl      Origin: Mauritius	Empanadas de frijoles negros y queso (Black Bean and Cheese Empanadas)      Origin: Mexico	Fettat Adis      Origin: Sudan
Dholl Pooris      Origin: Mauritius	Enchilada Pie      Origin: Fusion	Ffa Ffrengig â Chig Moch (French Beans and Bacon)      Origin: Welsh
Diced Beef Chili Con Carne      Origin: American	Erebinthoi Knakosymmigeis (Chickpeas in Saffron)      Origin: Roman	Fflan Cenin a Phys (Leek and Pea Flan)      Origin: Welsh
Dikgobe (Mixed Beans Porridge)      Origin: Botswana	Erebinthoi syn Xeroi Tyroi (Chickpeas with Cheese)      Origin: Roman	Filipino Fish Curry      Origin: Philippines
Dill Pilaf      Origin: Azerbaijan	Escargots à la Fettucini      Origin: France	Fish Breyani      Origin: South Africa
Diri Ak Pwa (Haitian Rice and Beans)      Origin: Haiti	Ewa Dodo (Black-eyed peas with Plantains)      Origin: Niger	Fonio Bread      Origin: Fusion
Ditakh (Sweet Detar)      Origin: Senegal	Ewedu      Origin: Nigeria	Fool Medames (Egyptian Beans)      Origin: Egypt
Djibouti Lentils      Origin: Djibouti	Extumer Lamb Roast      Origin: Germany	Fowl Sauté with Peas      Origin: British
Dobrada      Origin: Portugal	Fabaciae Frictae (Fried Green Beans)      Origin: Roman	Freekeh Mansaf      Origin: Syria
Dombrés haricots rouges (Red Bean Dombrés)      Origin: Guadeloupe	Fabaciae Virides (Green Beans)      Origin: Roman	French Bean and Duck Green Thai Curry      Origin: Thailand
Dominica Red Beans Soup      Origin: Dominica	Faggi Ksidhati (Lentil Soup with Vinegar)      Origin: Cyprus	Frijoles Negros Escabechados (Peruvian-style Spicy Pickled Black Beans)      Origin: Peru
Dorset Sausage Pasties      Origin: Britain	Faggioli con le Cotiche (Barlotti Beans with Pork Rinds)      Origin: Italy	Frijoles Paisas      Origin: Colombia
Dosa (Rice and Lentil Crêpes)      Origin: India	Faggioli con le Cotiche (Barlotti Beans with Pork Rinds)      Origin: San Marino	Frijoles Refritos (Refried Beans)      Origin: Mexico
Doubanjiang (Chilli Bean Sauce)      Origin: Taiwan	Fagioli con le Cotiche (Beans with Pork Rind)      Origin: San Marino	Frijoles Refritos (Refried Beans)      Origin: Mexico
Doubanjiang (Sichuan Chilli Bean Sauce)      Origin: China	Fakes Soupa (Greek Lentil Soup)      Origin: Greece	Fruity Banana Smoothie      Origin: American
Double Bean and Roasted Pepper Chili      Origin: Britain	Falafel      Origin: Bahrain	Fryplantain and Beans      Origin: Ghana
Double Bean and Roasted Pepper Chili      Origin: Britain	Fanesca ecuatoriana (Ecuadorian Easter soup)      Origin: Ecuador	Fül (Broad Bean Paste)      Origin: Bahrain
Doubles      Origin: Trinidad	Fania      Origin: Uruguay	Ful Medames      Origin: Somaliland
Dounguouri Soko (Meat Stew with White Beans)      Origin: Niger	Faseoli virides et cicer (Green Beans and Chickpeas)      Origin: Roman	Ful Medames (Sudanese Broad Bean Breakfast)      Origin: Sudan-a
Dovga (Pea and Sorrel Soup with Meatballs)      Origin: Azerbaijan	Fasolada (Greek Bean Soup)      Origin: Greece	Ful Sudani (Sudanese Ful)      Origin: South Sudan
Drawen Benes (Mixed Beans)      Origin: England	Fasolia Soliatica (Haricot Beans, Soleas Style)      Origin: Cyprus	Fura Gero da Nono      Origin: Nigeria
Drunken Chili      Origin: American	Fasooleyah Khodra bi Zeit (Saudi Green Bean Salad)      Origin: Saudi Arabia	Fuul (Broad Bean Paste)      Origin: Sudan
Duck and Green Pea Curry      Origin: India	Fassolada (Greek White Bean Soup)      Origin: Greece	Fuul Qurcaa oo Macaan (Kidney Bean Fuul)      Origin: Djibouti
Duck with Lentils, Dates and Radicchio      Origin: Fusion	Fassoulia (Green Bean Stew)      Origin: Armenia	Gado Gado with Sambal Kacang      Origin: Indonesia
Duck with Lentils, Dates and Radicchio      Origin: Britain	Fava Pure e Cicorielle (Mashed Broad Beans with Potatoes and Chicory)      Origin: Italy	Gallo Pinto      Origin: Costa Rica
Duckling with New Peas      Origin: Britain	Favourite Crockpot Chili      Origin: American
Dulse and Beans      Origin: Britain	Feijão Tropeiro (Drover's Beans)      Origin: Brazil

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