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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Roast Salmon Chowder      Origin: Britain	Scottish Lentil Soup      Origin: Scotland	Sopa de Frijoles (Salvadorean Red Bean Soup)      Origin: El Salvador
Roasted Carlin Peas      Origin: Britain	Seafood Chili      Origin: American	Sopa de Trigo      Origin: Portugal
Roasted Chickpeas      Origin: American	Seam, Potato and Peas Chakee      Origin: Anglo-Indian	Sopa di Bonchi Korá (Red Kidney Bean Soup)      Origin: Aruba
Roasted Hosta Shoots      Origin: Britain	Seam, Potato, and Peas Chahkee      Origin: Anglo-Indian	Sopa di Bonchi Korá (Red Kidney Bean Soup)      Origin: Bonaire
Roasted Kalettes with Basa Fillets and Anchovies      Origin: Britain	Seaweed Ribollita      Origin: Fusion	Sopa Puertoriqueña de Frijoles Negros (Puerto Rican Black Bean Soup)      Origin: Puerto Rico
Rosemary-scented Lamb      Origin: Britain	Seengre ke Satha Tori Kari (Courgette Curry with Radish Pods)      Origin: India	Sopa Seca (Mexican-style Rice)      Origin: Mexico
Rusks with Chickpea Leaven      Origin: Cyprus	Senegalese Vegetable Stew with Millet      Origin: Senegal	Sopi di Bonchi Korá (Red Kidney Bean Soup)      Origin: Curacao
Rwandan Agatogo (Rwandan Beans with Cassava)      Origin: Rwanda	Sharbat Adas (Libyan Lentil Soup)      Origin: Libya	Souko Dounguouri (Meat Stew with White Beans)      Origin: Niger
Saag Dhal with Carrot Greens      Origin: Fusion	Shisa Nyama      Origin: South Africa	Soup à la Crecy      Origin: British
Saag Dhal with Wild Carrot Greens      Origin: Fusion	Shisa Nyama      Origin: eSwatini	Soupa Louvana (Yellow Split Pea Soup)      Origin: Cyprus
Saba Pigeon Pea Stew      Origin: Saba	Shishwala (Maize Porridge)      Origin: eSwatini	Soupe au Pistou Monegasque (Monegasque Soup with Pistou)      Origin: Monaco
Saba Rice and Black Beans      Origin: Saba	Shorbat Adas (Jordanian Red Lentil Soup)      Origin: Jordan	Soupe aux Lentilles et Legumes (Lentil and Bean Soup)      Origin: Burundi
Sabat Moong Bhajji (Mung Bean Bhaji)      Origin: India	Shorbat Adas (Lebanese Red Lentil Soup)      Origin: Lebanon	Soupe aux pois et la viande (Pea Soup and Meat)      Origin: Guinea-Bissau
Sahina      Origin: Trinidad	Shorbet Ads (Sudanese Lentil Soup)      Origin: Sudan	Souppa Hoummi (Chickpea Soup)      Origin: Cyprus
Saint Kitts Chicken Bouillon      Origin: Saint Kitts	Shourabit Silq bi Laban (Chard and Yoghurt Soup)      Origin: Lebanon	Southern Succotash      Origin: America
Saint Lucian Bouillon      Origin: Saint Lucia	Shourbet Fassoolia Bayda (White Bean Soup)      Origin: Lebanon	Spagetti biz-zalza tal-Qarnit (Spaghetti with Octopus Sauce)      Origin: Malta
Saint Vincent Chicken Pelau      Origin: Saint Vincent	Sichuan Hot Pot Soup Base      Origin: China	Spatchcocked Poussin with Lentils and Harissa      Origin: Fusion
Salmagundi with Herby Rack of Lamb      Origin: Britain	Siljo (Fermented Safflower Seed and Broad Bean Flour Paste)      Origin: India	Speedy Chilli Bean Wraps      Origin: Fusion
Salmon and Couscous en Papillote      Origin: Britain	Sinigang na Baboy (Pork Sinigang)      Origin: Philippines	Spiced Lima Beans with Garlic and Coconut      Origin: Nepal
Salmon Durban Curry      Origin: Fusion	Sint Eustatius Rice and Black Beans      Origin: Sint Eustatius	Spicy Black Bean Tacos      Origin: Britain
Salomi      Origin: South Africa	Slangetjies (Pea Flour Noodles)      Origin: South Africa	Spicy Carlin Pea Soup with Roasted Peppers      Origin: Britain
Sambar Podi (Sambar Powder)      Origin: India	Slow Cooker Pork Adobo Burritos      Origin: Mexico	Spicy Chilli Bean Soup      Origin: Britain
Sambhar (Lentil Curry)      Origin: India	Slow Cooker Turkey and Lentil Chili      Origin: American	Spicy Prawns and Green Lentils      Origin: Fusion
Sambhar Masala      Origin: India	Smoked Chicken, Leek and Mushroom Pie      Origin: Australia	Spicy Sambar Curry      Origin: Britain
Samp and Beans Croquettes      Origin: South Africa	Smoked Fish Fisherman's Pie      Origin: England	Spicy Sev (Spicy Gram Flour Threads)      Origin: India
Samphire and Crab Salad      Origin: Britain	Smoked Haddock Curry with Butter Beans      Origin: Fusion	Spicy Stuffing on the Wild Side      Origin: Fusion
Samsas (Bean Fritters)      Origin: Burkina Faso	Smoked Salmon with Pea Pancakes      Origin: Britain	Spicy Szechuan Pork Recipe      Origin: China
Sancoche      Origin: Trinidad	Smoky Mushroom and Chickpea Fajitas with Charred Spring Onion Salsa      Origin: British	Spicy Tofu      Origin: China
Sargaborso Leves (Hungarian Yellow Split Pea Soup)      Origin: Hungary	Smoky Pumpkin Chili      Origin: American	Sri Lankan Dal      Origin: Sri Lanka
Sattu      Origin: India	Snouts and Beans      Origin: American	Sri Lankan Green Bean Curry      Origin: Sri Lanka
Sautéed Chickpeas      Origin: South Sudan	Socca (Chickpea-flour Crêpes)      Origin: Monaco	Srpska Corba ot Graha (Serbian Bean Stew)      Origin: Serbia
Schurbat Adas Ma Qar (Iraqi Lentil and Pumpkin Soup)      Origin: Iraq	Socca      Origin: Monaco	Steamed Black-eyed Bean Dumplings      Origin: Ghana
Scottish Green Pea Soup      Origin: Scotland	Sopa de Feijao Verde (String Bean Soup)      Origin: Mozambique
Scottish Haricot Bean Soup      Origin: Scotland	Sopa de Frijol Negro (Cuban Black Bean Soup)      Origin: Cuba

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