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 957 recipes in total:

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Gram Flour Bread      Origin: Anglo-Indian	Home-made Kama Mixture      Origin: Estonia	Judd mat Gaardebounen (Smoked Pork with Broad Beans)      Origin: Luxembourg
Gram Flour Chapati      Origin: Fusion	Honduran Refried Beans      Origin: Honduras	Judias Verdes con Salsa de Tomate (Green Beans in Tomato Sauce)      Origin: Spain
Green Bean and Basil Salad      Origin: British	Hong Dou Sha (Sweet Red Bean Paste)      Origin: China	Jungle Curry Prawns      Origin: Thailand
Green Bean and Mango Dhal Curry      Origin: South Africa	Hoppin' John      Origin: America	Kabaro au Carry (Malagasy Curried Beans)      Origin: Madagascar
Green Beans in Coconut Sauce      Origin: Fusion	Hot Chili Beans      Origin: American	Kadala Curry      Origin: India
Green Coconut Chutney      Origin: India	Hot Pinto Bean Chili      Origin: American	Kamba i Bob Jahnija (Bell Pepper and Bean Stew)      Origin: Bulgaria
Green Lentils with Wild Garlic Mustard Pesto      Origin: Britain	Hot Turkey and Black Bean Chili      Origin: American	Kamuna      Origin: Sierra Leone
Green Pea and Liver Curry      Origin: Sri Lanka	Hotpot Porc Cymreig, Chorizo a Ffa Gwynion (Welsh Pork, Chorizo and White Bean Hotpot)      Origin: Welsh	Karabakh Loby (Broad Beans in Sour Cream and Tomato Sauce)      Origin: Azerbaijan
Grenadian Dal Puri      Origin: Grenada	Hotpot Porc y Gaeaf (Wintery Pork Hotpot)      Origin: Welsh	Katchourie      Origin: Trinidad
Grenadian Pelau      Origin: Grenada	Hoummi Kopanisti (Chickpea Dip)      Origin: Cyprus	Katogo (Beans with Cassava)      Origin: Uganda
Grenadian Rotis      Origin: Grenada	Huli Podi (Udupi Sambar Powder)      Origin: India	Kecap Manis      Origin: Indonesia
Gronden Benes (Ground Beans)      Origin: England	Hummus with Muqmad      Origin: Djibouti	Keema Mattar      Origin: India
Guernsey Bean Jar      Origin: Guernsey	Hummus with Oodkac      Origin: Somalia	Kerrieboontjies (South African Curried Beans)      Origin: South Africa
Guiana Rice and Peas      Origin: French Guiana	Ibiharage (Burundian Fried Beans)      Origin: Burundi	Khachapuri (Georgian Cheese Pie)      Origin: Georgia
Gujarati-style Monkfish Curry      Origin: Fusion	Ibiharage II (Fried Beans II)      Origin: Burundi	Khachapuri iz Fasoli (Georgian Bean Pie)      Origin: Georgia
Gungo Rice and Peas      Origin: Jamaica	Ibihaza (Beans with Pumpkin)      Origin: Rwanda	Khao Pune (Chicken Curry Noodles)      Origin: Laos
Guy Fawkes Gunpowder Casserole      Origin: Britain	Injeolmi (Korean Sweet Rice Cakes)      Origin: Korea	Kharroob (Egyptian Carob Drink)      Origin: Egypt
Guyanese Cook-up Rice and Peas      Origin: Guyana	Insalata di Riso (Rice Salad)      Origin: Italy	Khatta Meetha (Cabbage Curry)      Origin: India
Guyanese Curried Chickpeas      Origin: Guyana	Irish Farm Broth      Origin: Ireland	Khichidi      Origin: India
Habas con Refrito (Beans with Refried Beans)      Origin: Ecuador	Irish Fisherman's Stew      Origin: Ireland	Khichiri      Origin: India
Habichuelas Con Dulce (Dominican Sweet Beans)      Origin: Dominican Republic	Irish Hot Pot      Origin: Ireland	Khichuri      Origin: India
Habichuelas Guisadas (Dominican Bean Stew)      Origin: Dominican Republic	Iron Age Pork and Beans      Origin: Ancient	Khoresht-e Gheymeh (Persian Lamb Stew with Dried Limes and Split Peas)      Origin: Iran
Habichuelas Negras (Puerto Rican Stewed Black Beans)      Origin: Puerto Rico	Isophu      Origin: Southern Africa	Khoresht-e Loobia (Stewed Mutton with String Beans)      Origin: Iran
Haricots Blancs à la Bretonne (Breton-style White Beans)      Origin: France	Israeli Falafel      Origin: Israel	Kidney Bean and Black Bean Curry      Origin: Fusion
Harira      Origin: Djibouti	Isso Vade      Origin: Sri Lanka	Kidney Bean Curry      Origin: Britain
Harira Bidaouia      Origin: Morocco	Istrian Jota      Origin: Croatia	Kittitian Pumpkin And Lentil Curry      Origin: Saint Kitts
Harira Mauritanienne (Mauritanian Harira)      Origin: Mauritania	Jajangmyeon (Korean Black Bean Sauce Noodles)      Origin: Slovenia	Kofta Nakhod (Meatballs with Chickpeas)      Origin: Afghanistan
Harissa Lamb Noodles      Origin: Fusion	Jamaican Pimento Tripe Curry      Origin: Jamaica	Kofta Nakhod (Meatballs with Chickpeas)      Origin: Tajikistan
Helle Aşı (Helle Soup)      Origin: Turkey	Jamaican Seafood Soup      Origin: Jamaica	Koki      Origin: Cameroon
Hena-Kisoa sy voanjobory (Pork with Bambara Groundnuts)      Origin: Madagascar	Jangri      Origin: India	Koki (Bean Cakes)      Origin: Cameroon
Hernekeitto (Finnish Pea and Ham Soup)      Origin: Finland	Jani me Fasul (Bean Jahni Soup)      Origin: Albania	Kokum Kari (Kokam Curry)      Origin: India
Himachali Chana Madra (Himachala Chickpea Yoghurt Curry)      Origin: India	Jerk Sweet Potato and Black Bean Curry      Origin: Jamaica	Koshari (Lentils, Pasta and Rice)      Origin: Egypt
Hlalem (Pasta with Beans)      Origin: Tunisia	Jersey Bean Soup      Origin: Jersey
Hlelim (Pasta, Meat and Vegetable Soup)      Origin: Tunisia	Jordanian Hummus      Origin: Jordan

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