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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Doubanjiang (Sichuan Chilli Bean Sauce)      Origin: China	Falafel      Origin: Middle East	Ful Sudani (Sudanese Ful)      Origin: South Sudan
Double Bean and Roasted Pepper Chili      Origin: Britain	Fanesca ecuatoriana (Ecuadorian Easter soup)      Origin: Ecuador	Fura Gero da Nono      Origin: Nigeria
Double Bean and Roasted Pepper Chili      Origin: Britain	Fania      Origin: Uruguay	Fuul (Broad Bean Paste)      Origin: Sudan
Doubles      Origin: Trinidad	Faseoli virides et cicer (Green Beans and Chickpeas)      Origin: Roman	Fuul Qurcaa oo Macaan (Kidney Bean Fuul)      Origin: Djibouti
Dounguouri Soko (Meat Stew with White Beans)      Origin: Niger	Fasolada (Greek Bean Soup)      Origin: Greece	Gado Gado with Sambal Kacang      Origin: Indonesia
Dovga (Pea and Sorrel Soup with Meatballs)      Origin: Azerbaijan	Fasolia Soliatica (Haricot Beans, Soleas Style)      Origin: Cyprus	Gallo Pinto      Origin: Costa Rica
Drawen Benes (Mixed Beans)      Origin: England	Fasooleyah Khodra bi Zeit (Saudi Green Bean Salad)      Origin: Saudi Arabia	Gallo Pinto      Origin: Nicaragua
Drunken Chili      Origin: American	Fassolada (Greek White Bean Soup)      Origin: Greece	Ganmodoki (Fried Tofu Patties)      Origin: Japan
Duck and Green Pea Curry      Origin: India	Fassoulia (Green Bean Stew)      Origin: Armenia	Garbansos con salchichas (Chickpeas with Sausages)      Origin: Colombia
Duck with Lentils, Dates and Radicchio      Origin: Fusion	Fava Pure e Cicorielle (Mashed Broad Beans with Potatoes and Chicory)      Origin: Italy	Garbanzos con Acelgas (Chickpeas with Chard)      Origin: Spain
Duck with Lentils, Dates and Radicchio      Origin: Britain	Favourite Crockpot Chili      Origin: American	Garden Vegetable Soup      Origin: Britain
Duckling with New Peas      Origin: Britain	Feijão Tropeiro (Drover's Beans)      Origin: Brazil	Gateau Chinoise (French Guianese Chinese Cake)      Origin: French Guiana
Dulse and Beans      Origin: Britain	Feijao de Oleo de Palma (Palm Oil Beans)      Origin: Angola	Gato Piman (Spicy Cakes)      Origin: Seychelles
Dunguri nda Mo (Rice and Black-eyed Peas)      Origin: Niger	Feijoada (Maize, Mung Bean and Squash Stew)      Origin: East Timor	Gbegiri (Bean Stew)      Origin: Nigeria
Easy Lentil Soup      Origin: Britain	Feijoda      Origin: Brazil	Gem Squash Stuffed with Braised Mince      Origin: South Africa
Eight-treasures Sweet Rice Cake      Origin: China	Fermented Oil Beans      Origin: Nigeria	Ghanaian Chicken Jollof Rice      Origin: Ghana
Ekşili �°C7;orba (Sour Soup)      Origin: Turkey	Feta Tacos with Guacamole      Origin: Britain	Githeri      Origin: Kenya
Ekuru with Ata Sauce (Steamed Savoury Beans with Ata Sauce)      Origin: Nigeria	Fettat Adis      Origin: Sudan	Goan Curry Paste      Origin: Anglo-Indian
El Cocido      Origin: Spain	Ffa Ffrengig â Chig Moch (French Beans and Bacon)      Origin: Welsh	Goan-style Mealworm and Chickpea Curry      Origin: Fusion
Empanadas de frijoles negros y queso (Black Bean and Cheese Empanadas)      Origin: Mexico	Fflan Cenin a Phys (Leek and Pea Flan)      Origin: Welsh	Goat Curry      Origin: Britain
Enchilada Pie      Origin: Fusion	Filipino Fish Curry      Origin: Philippines	Goat Curry II      Origin: Fusion
Erebinthoi Knakosymmigeis (Chickpeas in Saffron)      Origin: Roman	Fish Breyani      Origin: South Africa	Gochujang (Korean Fermented Chilli Paste)      Origin: Korea
Erebinthoi syn Xeroi Tyroi (Chickpeas with Cheese)      Origin: Roman	Fonio Bread      Origin: Fusion	Gongura Pappu (Sorrel Leaf Dal)      Origin: India
Escargots à la Fettucini      Origin: France	Fool Medames (Egyptian Beans)      Origin: Egypt	Gormeh Sabzi (Persian Lamb and Herb Stew)      Origin: Iran
Ewa Dodo (Black-eyed peas with Plantains)      Origin: Niger	French Bean and Duck Green Thai Curry      Origin: Thailand	Gram Flour Bread      Origin: Anglo-Indian
Ewedu      Origin: Nigeria	Frijoles Negros Escabechados (Peruvian-style Spicy Pickled Black Beans)      Origin: Peru	Gram Flour Chapati      Origin: Fusion
Extumer Lamb Roast      Origin: Germany	Frijoles Paisas      Origin: Colombia	Green Bean and Basil Salad      Origin: British
Fabaciae Frictae (Fried Green Beans)      Origin: Roman	Frijoles Refritos (Refried Beans)      Origin: Mexico	Green Bean and Mango Dhal Curry      Origin: South Africa
Fabaciae Virides (Green Beans)      Origin: Roman	Frijoles Refritos (Refried Beans)      Origin: Mexico	Green Beans in Coconut Sauce      Origin: Fusion
Faggi Ksidhati (Lentil Soup with Vinegar)      Origin: Cyprus	Fruity Banana Smoothie      Origin: American	Green Coconut Chutney      Origin: India
Faggioli con le Cotiche (Barlotti Beans with Pork Rinds)      Origin: Italy	Fryplantain and Beans      Origin: Ghana	Green Lentils with Wild Garlic Mustard Pesto      Origin: Britain
Faggioli con le Cotiche (Barlotti Beans with Pork Rinds)      Origin: San Marino	Fül (Broad Bean Paste)      Origin: Bahrain	Green Pea and Liver Curry      Origin: Sri Lanka
Fagioli con le Cotiche (Beans with Pork Rind)      Origin: San Marino	Ful Medames      Origin: Somaliland
Fakes Soupa (Greek Lentil Soup)      Origin: Greece	Ful Medames (Sudanese Broad Bean Breakfast)      Origin: Sudan-a

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