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 876 recipes in total:

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Erebinthoi Knakosymmigeis (Chickpeas in Saffron)      Origin: Roman	French Bean and Duck Green Thai Curry      Origin: Thailand	Green Bean and Mango Dhal Curry      Origin: South Africa
Erebinthoi syn Xeroi Tyroi (Chickpeas with Cheese)      Origin: Roman	Frijoles Negros Escabechados (Peruvian-style Spicy Pickled Black Beans)      Origin: Peru	Green Beans in Coconut Sauce      Origin: Fusion
Ewa Dodo (Black-eyed peas with Plantains)      Origin: Niger	Frijoles Paisas      Origin: Colombia	Green Coconut Chutney      Origin: India
Ewedu      Origin: Nigeria	Frijoles Refritos (Refried Beans)      Origin: Mexico	Green Lentils with Wild Garlic Mustard Pesto      Origin: Britain
Extumer Lamb Roast      Origin: Germany	Frijoles Refritos (Refried Beans)      Origin: Mexico	Green Pea and Liver Curry      Origin: Sri Lanka
Fabaciae Frictae (Fried Green Beans)      Origin: Roman	Fruity Banana Smoothie      Origin: American	Grenadian Dal Puri      Origin: Grenada
Fabaciae Virides (Green Beans)      Origin: Roman	Fryplantain and Beans      Origin: Ghana	Grenadian Pelau      Origin: Grenada
Faggioli con le Cotiche (Barlotti Beans with Pork Rinds)      Origin: Italy	Fül (Broad Bean Paste)      Origin: Bahrain	Grenadian Rotis      Origin: Grenada
Faggioli con le Cotiche (Barlotti Beans with Pork Rinds)      Origin: San Marino	Ful Medames      Origin: Somaliland	Gronden Benes (Ground Beans)      Origin: England
Fagioli con le Cotiche (Beans with Pork Rind)      Origin: San Marino	Ful Medames (Sudanese Broad Bean Breakfast)      Origin: Sudan-a	Guiana Rice and Peas      Origin: French Guiana
Fakes Soupa (Greek Lentil Soup)      Origin: Greece	Ful Sudani (Sudanese Ful)      Origin: South Sudan	Gujarati-style Monkfish Curry      Origin: Fusion
Falafel      Origin: Middle East	Fura Gero da Nono      Origin: Nigeria	Gungo Rice and Peas      Origin: Jamaica
Fanesca ecuatoriana (Ecuadorian Easter soup)      Origin: Ecuador	Fuul (Broad Bean Paste)      Origin: Sudan	Guy Fawkes Gunpowder Casserole      Origin: Britain
Fania      Origin: Uruguay	Fuul Qurcaa oo Macaan (Kidney Bean Fuul)      Origin: Djibouti	Guyanese Cook-up Rice and Peas      Origin: Guyana
Faseoli virides et cicer (Green Beans and Chickpeas)      Origin: Roman	Gado Gado with Sambal Kacang      Origin: Indonesia	Guyanese Curried Chickpeas      Origin: Guyana
Fasolada (Greek Bean Soup)      Origin: Greece	Gallo Pinto      Origin: Costa Rica	Habas con Refrito (Beans with Refried Beans)      Origin: Ecuador
Fasooleyah Khodra bi Zeit (Saudi Green Bean Salad)      Origin: Saudi Arabia	Gallo Pinto      Origin: Nicaragua	Habichuelas Con Dulce (Dominican Sweet Beans)      Origin: Dominican Republic
Fassolada (Greek White Bean Soup)      Origin: Greece	Ganmodoki (Fried Tofu Patties)      Origin: Japan	Habichuelas Guisadas (Dominican Bean Stew)      Origin: Dominican Republic
Fassoulia (Green Bean Stew)      Origin: Armenia	Garbansos con salchichas (Chickpeas with Sausages)      Origin: Colombia	Habichuelas Negras (Puerto Rican Stewed Black Beans)      Origin: Puerto Rico
Fava Pure e Cicorielle (Mashed Broad Beans with Potatoes and Chicory)      Origin: Italy	Garbanzos con Acelgas (Chickpeas with Chard)      Origin: Spain	Haricots Blancs à la Bretonne (Breton-style White Beans)      Origin: France
Favourite Crockpot Chili      Origin: American	Garden Vegetable Soup      Origin: British	Harira      Origin: Djibouti
Feijão Tropeiro (Drover's Beans)      Origin: Brazil	Gateau Chinoise (French Guianese Chinese Cake)      Origin: French Guiana	Harira Bidaouia      Origin: Morocco
Feijao de Oleo de Palma (Palm Oil Beans)      Origin: Angola	Gbegiri (Bean Stew)      Origin: Nigeria	Harira Mauritanienne (Mauritanian Harira)      Origin: Mauritania
Feijoada (Maize, Mung Bean and Squash Stew)      Origin: East Timor	Ghanaian Chicken Jollof Rice      Origin: Ghana	Harissa Lamb Noodles      Origin: Fusion
Feijoda      Origin: Brazil	Githeri      Origin: Kenya	Helle Aşı (Helle Soup)      Origin: Turkey
Fermented Oil Beans      Origin: Nigeria	Goan Curry Paste      Origin: Anglo-Indian	Hena-Kisoa sy voanjobory (Pork with Bambara Groundnuts)      Origin: Madagascar
Feta Tacos with Guacamole      Origin: Britain	Goan-style Mealworm and Chickpea Curry      Origin: Fusion	Hernekeitto (Finnish Pea and Ham Soup)      Origin: Finland
Fettat Adis      Origin: Sudan	Goat Curry      Origin: Britain	Himachali Chana Madra (Himachala Chickpea Yoghurt Curry)      Origin: India
Ffa Ffrengig â Chig Moch (French Beans and Bacon)      Origin: Welsh	Goat Curry II      Origin: Fusion	Hlalem (Pasta with Beans)      Origin: Tunisia
Fflan Cenin a Phys (Leek and Pea Flan)      Origin: Welsh	Gochujang (Korean Fermented Chilli Paste)      Origin: Korea	Hlelim (Pasta, Meat and Vegetable Soup)      Origin: Tunisia
Filipino Fish Curry      Origin: Philippines	Gongura Pappu (Sorrel Leaf Dal)      Origin: India	Home-made Kama Mixture      Origin: Estonia
Fish Breyani      Origin: South Africa	Gormeh Sabzi (Persian Lamb and Herb Stew)      Origin: Iran	Honduran Refried Beans      Origin: Honduras
Fonio Bread      Origin: Fusion	Gram Flour Bread      Origin: Anglo-Indian
Fool Medames (Egyptian Beans)      Origin: Egypt	Gram Flour Chapati      Origin: Fusion

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