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 936 recipes in total:

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Bigilla (Broad Bean Dip)      Origin: Malta	Burundi Beans and Plantains      Origin: Burundi	Carlin Pea Curry with Perpetual Spinach and Peanut Butter      Origin: Britain
Binch Akara (Bean Fritters)      Origin: Zambia	Burundian Bean Soup      Origin: Burundi	Carlin Pea Hummus      Origin: Britain
Binch Akara (Sierra Leonean Bean Fritters)      Origin: Sierra Leone	Bygan Dhal      Origin: India	Carlin Pea Masala      Origin: Britain
Bissara      Origin: Morocco	Byrger Ffa (Bean Burger)      Origin: Welsh	Carlin Pea Ragu      Origin: Britain
Black Bean Burritos      Origin: America	Cëebu Jen II      Origin: Senegal	Carlin pea, kale and chorizo one pot      Origin: Britain
Black Bean Curry      Origin: Fusion	Caccabinam Minorem (Small Casserole)      Origin: Roman	Carlin Pea, Pearl Barley and Tomato Stew      Origin: Britain
Black Bean Huevos Rancheros      Origin: Mexico	Cachupa Rica      Origin: Cape Verde	Carlin Pease Pudding      Origin: Britain
Black Bean Sauce      Origin: China	Cachupa Rica      Origin: Cape Verde	Carne en Salsa (Beef in Gravy)      Origin: Gibraltar
Black Beans      Origin: Mexico	Cactus Chili      Origin: America	Carne Mechada      Origin: Venezuela
Black Eyed Beans Jambalaya Recipe      Origin: American	Cajun Bean and Potato Stew      Origin: America	Casado      Origin: Costa Rica
Black Eyed Pea Flour Bread      Origin: Liberia	Cajun Beans over Cornbread      Origin: Cajun	Cassave Brood (Cassava Roti)      Origin: Suriname
Black-eyed Beans and Plantain Pottage      Origin: Nigeria	Cajun Brew Pork'n'Beans      Origin: American	Cassoulet à Moda Brasileira (Brazilian-style Cassoulet)      Origin: Brazil
Black-eyed Pea Gumbo      Origin: Cajun	Cajun Chili Pork      Origin: Cajun	Cassoulet Mauricien (Mauritian Cassoulet)      Origin: Mauritius
Blueberry Smoothie      Origin: American	Cajun Tofu Gumbo      Origin: Cajun	Catrachitas      Origin: Honduras
Bolivian Salteñas      Origin: Bolivia	Cala (Black-eyed Pea Puffs)      Origin: Aruba	Catwad Ffa Dringo (Runner Bean Chutney)      Origin: Welsh
Bombay Mix      Origin: India	Calabrese Mushroom Chili      Origin: American	Cauli-matar Ko Tarakari      Origin: Nepal
Boondi Laddu      Origin: India	Caldeiraa de Cabrito (Goat Meat Stew)      Origin: Mozambique	Cauliflower Curry with Scallops      Origin: Fusion
Bori (Bengali Baked Dumplings)      Origin: India	Calentina      Origin: Gibraltar	Cauliflower, Mushroom and Carlin Peas Curry      Origin: Britain
Borulce (Black-eyed Pea Stew)      Origin: Turkey	Californian Stir Fry      Origin: American	Cawl Iâr a Ffa (Chicken and Bean Soup)      Origin: Welsh
Bosanski Lonac (Bosnian Pot Stew)      Origin: Bosnia	Canadian Minced Beef Curry      Origin: Canada	Cawl Twrci a Ffa (Turkey and Bean Soup)      Origin: Welsh
Bosh (Beans and Bread)      Origin: Sudan	Canarian Ropa Vieja      Origin: Spain	Cecena      Origin: Niger
Boston Baked Beans with Marmite      Origin: Britain	Cannellini alla Catania      Origin: Italy	Cecina (Chickpea pancake)      Origin: Roman
Bouneschlupp (Green Beans Soup)      Origin: Luxembourg	Cantonese Garden Vegetable Stir-fry      Origin: China	Cha Siu (Chinese-Surinamese roasted pork)      Origin: Suriname
Bragoli (Maltese Beef Rolls)      Origin: Malta	Cape Malay Black-eyed Beans Curry      Origin: South Africa	Chakhchoukha      Origin: Algeria
Braised Lamb Shanks with Cannellini Beans      Origin: Britain	Cape Malay Mutton and Dhal Curry      Origin: South Africa	Chanterelle and Shiitake Black Bean Chili with Sour Cherries      Origin: American
Brazilian-style Venison with Rice      Origin: Fusion	Cape Verde Jagacida      Origin: Cape Verde	Cheesy Curried Butter Beans with Quick-pickled Onions      Origin: Australia
Breakfast Miso Soup      Origin: Japan	Caraotas Negras (Venezuelan Black Beans)      Origin: Venezuela	Chefy Umngqusho (Chefy Samp and Beans)      Origin: South Africa
Brine-pickled Himalayan Balsam Pods      Origin: American	Carapaus Fritos (Portuguese Fried Mackerel)      Origin: Portugal	Chelo Nachodo (Chicken and Chickpea Stew with Rice)      Origin: Afghanistan
Brine-pickled Radish Pods      Origin: American	Cardo con Verdolaga (Pork with Purslane)      Origin: Mexico	Cherupayar Curry (Whole Green Lentil Curry)      Origin: India
British Virgin Islands Peas Soup      Origin: British Virgin Islands	Cari Dholl (Yellow Split Pea Curry)      Origin: Mauritius	Chestnut Flour Noodles      Origin: Fusion
Broad Bean and Bacon Soup      Origin: Britain	Caribbean Rice and Beans      Origin: British Virgin Islands	Chicken and Bean Enchiladas      Origin: Britain
Bruine Bonen (Suriname-style Kidney Bean Stew)      Origin: Suriname	Caribbean Rice and Beans      Origin: US Virgin Islands	Chicken and Lentil Soup      Origin: Britain
Bruine Bonen met Rijst (Brown Beans with Rice)      Origin: Suriname	Caribbean-style Chicken Curry      Origin: Fusion
Bufuke with Onion Sauce      Origin: Uganda	Carlin Pea and Glazed Halloumi Saag      Origin: Britain

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