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 828 recipes in total:

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Feijoada (Maize, Mung Bean and Squash Stew)      Origin: East Timor	Githeri      Origin: Kenya	Helle Aşı (Helle Soup)      Origin: Turkey
Feijoda      Origin: Brazil	Goan Curry Paste      Origin: Anglo-Indian	Hena-Kisoa sy voanjobory (Pork with Bambara Groundnuts)      Origin: Madagascar
Fermented Oil Beans      Origin: Nigeria	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	Hong Dou Sha (Sweet Red Bean Paste)      Origin: China
Fool Medames (Egyptian Beans)      Origin: Egypt	Gram Flour Chapati      Origin: Fusion	Hoppin' John      Origin: America
French Bean and Duck Green Thai Curry      Origin: Thailand	Green Bean and Mango Dhal Curry      Origin: South Africa	Hot Chili Beans      Origin: American
Frijoles Negros Escabechados (Peruvian-style Spicy Pickled Black Beans)      Origin: Peru	Green Beans in Coconut Sauce      Origin: Fusion	Hot Pinto Bean Chili      Origin: American
Frijoles Paisas      Origin: Colombia	Green Coconut Chutney      Origin: India	Hot Turkey and Black Bean Chili      Origin: American
Frijoles Refritos (Refried Beans)      Origin: Mexico	Green Lentils with Wild Garlic Mustard Pesto      Origin: Britain	Hotpot Porc Cymreig, Chorizo a Ffa Gwynion (Welsh Pork, Chorizo and White Bean Hotpot)      Origin: Welsh
Frijoles Refritos (Refried Beans)      Origin: Mexico	Green Pea and Liver Curry      Origin: Sri Lanka	Hotpot Porc y Gaeaf (Wintery Pork Hotpot)      Origin: Welsh
Fruity Banana Smoothie      Origin: American	Grenadian Dal Puri      Origin: Grenada	Huli Podi (Udupi Sambar Powder)      Origin: India
Fryplantain and Beans      Origin: Ghana	Grenadian Pelau      Origin: Grenada	Hummus with Muqmad      Origin: Djibouti
Fül (Broad Bean Paste)      Origin: Bahrain	Grenadian Rotis      Origin: Grenada	Hummus with Oodkac      Origin: Somalia
Ful Medames      Origin: Somaliland	Gronden Benes (Ground Beans)      Origin: England	Ibiharage (Burundian Fried Beans)      Origin: Burundi
Ful Medames (Sudanese Broad Bean Breakfast)      Origin: Sudan-a	Guiana Rice and Peas      Origin: French Guiana	Ibiharage II (Fried Beans II)      Origin: Burundi
Ful Sudani (Sudanese Ful)      Origin: South Sudan	Gujarati-style Monkfish Curry      Origin: Fusion	Ibihaza (Beans with Pumpkin)      Origin: Rwanda
Fura Gero da Nono      Origin: Nigeria	Gungo Rice and Peas      Origin: Jamaica	Insalata di Riso (Rice Salad)      Origin: Italy
Fuul (Broad Bean Paste)      Origin: Sudan	Guy Fawkes Gunpowder Casserole      Origin: Britain	Irish Farm Broth      Origin: Ireland
Fuul Qurcaa oo Macaan (Kidney Bean Fuul)      Origin: Djibouti	Guyanese Cook-up Rice and Peas      Origin: Guyana	Irish Fisherman's Stew      Origin: Ireland
Gado Gado with Sambal Kacang      Origin: Indonesia	Guyanese Curried Chickpeas      Origin: Guyana	Irish Hot Pot      Origin: Ireland
Gallo Pinto      Origin: Costa Rica	Habas con Refrito (Beans with Refried Beans)      Origin: Ecuador	Iron Age Pork and Beans      Origin: Ancient
Gallo Pinto      Origin: Nicaragua	Habichuelas Con Dulce (Dominican Sweet Beans)      Origin: Dominican Republic	Isophu      Origin: Southern Africa
Ganmodoki (Fried Tofu Patties)      Origin: Japan	Habichuelas Guisadas (Dominican Bean Stew)      Origin: Dominican Republic	Israeli Falafel      Origin: Israel
Garbansos con salchichas (Chickpeas with Sausages)      Origin: Colombia	Habichuelas Negras (Puerto Rican Stewed Black Beans)      Origin: Puerto Rico	Isso Vade      Origin: Sri Lanka
Garbanzos con Acelgas (Chickpeas with Chard)      Origin: Spain	Haricots Blancs à la Bretonne (Breton-style White Beans)      Origin: France	Istrian Jota      Origin: Croatia
Garden Vegetable Soup      Origin: British	Harira      Origin: Djibouti	Jajangmyeon (Korean Black Bean Sauce Noodles)      Origin: Slovenia
Gateau Chinoise (French Guianese Chinese Cake)      Origin: French Guiana	Harira Bidaouia      Origin: Morocco	Jamaican Pimento Tripe Curry      Origin: Jamaica
Gbegiri (Bean Stew)      Origin: Nigeria	Harira Mauritanienne (Mauritanian Harira)      Origin: Mauritania
Ghanaian Chicken Jollof Rice      Origin: Ghana	Harissa Lamb Noodles      Origin: Fusion

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