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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Hong Dou Sha (Sweet Red Bean Paste)      Origin: China	Kadala Curry      Origin: India	La Socca      Origin: France
Hoppin' John      Origin: America	Kamuna      Origin: Sierra Leone	Lablabi      Origin: Tunisia
Hot Chili Beans      Origin: American	Karabakh Loby (Broad Beans in Sour Cream and Tomato Sauce)      Origin: Azerbaijan	Laganophake (Lentil Stew)      Origin: Roman
Hot Pinto Bean Chili      Origin: American	Katchourie      Origin: Trinidad	Lakhou bissap      Origin: Senegal
Hot Turkey and Black Bean Chili      Origin: American	Katogo (Beans with Cassava)      Origin: Uganda	Lamb Dhan Saag      Origin: India
Hotpot Porc Cymreig, Chorizo a Ffa Gwynion (Welsh Pork, Chorizo and White Bean Hotpot)      Origin: Welsh	Kecap Manis      Origin: Indonesia	Lamb with Red Wine and Chorizo      Origin: Britain
Hotpot Porc y Gaeaf (Wintery Pork Hotpot)      Origin: Welsh	Keema Mattar      Origin: India	Lao Tam Som (Lao Green Papaya Salad)      Origin: Laos
Huli Podi (Udupi Sambar Powder)      Origin: India	Kerrieboontjies (South African Curried Beans)      Origin: South Africa	Le cassoulet de la mer à la bretonne (Breton seaside cassoulet)      Origin: France
Hummus with Muqmad      Origin: Djibouti	Khachapuri (Georgian Cheese Pie)      Origin: Georgia	Le Koki (Bean Cake)      Origin: Chad
Hummus with Oodkac      Origin: Somalia	Khachapuri iz Fasoli (Georgian Bean Pie)      Origin: Georgia	Le Koki de Cameroun (Cameroonian Bean Cake)      Origin: Cameroon
Ibiharage (Burundian Fried Beans)      Origin: Burundi	Khao Pune (Chicken Curry Noodles)      Origin: Laos	Lebanese Hummus      Origin: Lebanon
Ibiharage II (Fried Beans II)      Origin: Burundi	Kharroob (Egyptian Carob Drink)      Origin: Egypt	Leftover Turkey and Chickpea Curry      Origin: Fusion
Ibihaza (Beans with Pumpkin)      Origin: Rwanda	Khatta Meetha (Cabbage Curry)      Origin: India	Lenticula (Roman Spicy Lentils)      Origin: Roman
Injeolmi (Korean Sweet Rice Cakes)      Origin: Korea	Khichidi      Origin: India	Lenticula ex sphondylis (Mussels with Lentils)      Origin: Roman
Insalata di Riso (Rice Salad)      Origin: Italy	Khichiri      Origin: India	Lenticula ex Sphondylis (Lentils and Parsnips)      Origin: Roman
Irish Farm Broth      Origin: Ireland	Khichuri      Origin: India	Lenticulam de castaneis (Lentils and Chestnuts)      Origin: Roman
Irish Fisherman's Stew      Origin: Ireland	Khoresht-e Gheymeh (Persian Lamb Stew with Dried Limes and Split Peas)      Origin: Iran	Lentil and Hazelnut Burgers      Origin: British
Irish Hot Pot      Origin: Ireland	Khoresht-e Loobia (Stewed Mutton with String Beans)      Origin: Iran	Lentil Curry with Rhubarb and Sweet Potatoes      Origin: Fusion
Iron Age Pork and Beans      Origin: Ancient	Kidney Bean and Black Bean Curry      Origin: Fusion	Lentil Hashwa      Origin: UAE
Isophu      Origin: Southern Africa	Kidney Bean Curry      Origin: Britain	Lentil, Pasta and Vegetable Soup      Origin: British
Israeli Falafel      Origin: Israel	Kittitian Pumpkin And Lentil Curry      Origin: Saint Kitts	Les haricots de Paimpol (Pampiol Beans)      Origin: France
Isso Vade      Origin: Sri Lanka	Kofta Nakhod (Meatballs with Chickpeas)      Origin: Afghanistan	Les Lentilles (Reunion Lentils)      Origin: Reunion
Istrian Jota      Origin: Croatia	Kofta Nakhod (Meatballs with Chickpeas)      Origin: Tajikistan	Liberian Split Peas      Origin: Liberia
Jajangmyeon (Korean Black Bean Sauce Noodles)      Origin: Slovenia	Koki      Origin: Cameroon	Liberian Succotash (Corn and Beans)      Origin: Liberia
Jamaican Pimento Tripe Curry      Origin: Jamaica	Kokum Kari (Kokam Curry)      Origin: India	Libyan Lamb Couscous      Origin: Libya
Jamaican Seafood Soup      Origin: Jamaica	Koshari (Lentils, Pasta and Rice)      Origin: Egypt	Lo Sui (Chinese Master Sauce)      Origin: China
Jangri      Origin: India	Koshari (Egyptian lentils)      Origin: Egypt	Loaded Fish Burritos      Origin: Britain
Jani me Fasul (Bean Jahni Soup)      Origin: Albania	Kosheri      Origin: Egypt	Lobio Supi (Red Bean Soup)      Origin: Georgia
Jerk Sweet Potato and Black Bean Curry      Origin: Jamaica	Kosksu bil-Ful (Couscous with Broad Beans)      Origin: Malta	Lobio Tkemali (Red Beans with Sour Plums and Balsamic Vinegar)      Origin: Georgia
Jordanian Hummus      Origin: Jordan	Koushari (Lentils, Macaroni and Rice in Oil)      Origin: Egypt	Locro Argentino (Beef and Hominy Stew)      Origin: Argentina
Judd mat Gaardebounen (Smoked Pork with Broad Beans)      Origin: Luxembourg	Koushry (Rice with Lentils)      Origin: Egypt	Locro de Zapallo      Origin: Peru
Judias Verdes con Salsa de Tomate (Green Beans in Tomato Sauce)      Origin: Spain	Kuru Börülce (Black-eyed Bean Salad)      Origin: Northern Cyprus	London Particular      Origin: England
Jungle Curry Prawns      Origin: Thailand	Kuru Fasulye      Origin: Turkey
Kabaro au Carry (Malagasy Curried Beans)      Origin: Madagascar	La Bandera Dominicana (The Dominican Flag)      Origin: Dominican Republic

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