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 1082 recipes in total:

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Filipino Fish Curry      Origin: Philippines	Gato Piman (Spicy Cakes)      Origin: Seychelles	Guy Fawkes Gunpowder Casserole      Origin: Britain
Fish Breyani      Origin: South Africa	Gbegiri (Bean Stew)      Origin: Nigeria	Guyanese Cook-up Rice and Peas      Origin: Guyana
Fonio Bread      Origin: Fusion	Gem Squash Stuffed with Braised Mince      Origin: South Africa	Guyanese Curried Chickpeas      Origin: Guyana
Fool Medames (Egyptian Beans)      Origin: Egypt	Ghanaian Chicken Jollof Rice      Origin: Ghana	Habas con Refrito (Beans with Refried Beans)      Origin: Ecuador
Fowl Sauté with Peas      Origin: British	Githeri      Origin: Kenya	Habichuelas Con Dulce (Dominican Sweet Beans)      Origin: Dominican Republic
Freekeh Mansaf      Origin: Syria	Goan Curry Paste      Origin: Anglo-Indian	Habichuelas Guisadas (Dominican Bean Stew)      Origin: Dominican Republic
French Bean and Duck Green Thai Curry      Origin: Thailand	Goan-style Mealworm and Chickpea Curry      Origin: Fusion	Habichuelas Negras (Puerto Rican Stewed Black Beans)      Origin: Puerto Rico
French Bean Ragout with Potatoes      Origin: British	Goat Curry      Origin: Britain	Hake and Chorizo Stew      Origin: Britain
French Bean Salad      Origin: British	Goat Curry II      Origin: Fusion	Haricots Blancs à la Bretonne (Breton-style White Beans)      Origin: France
French Beans à la Poulette      Origin: British	Goat Meat With Peas and Rice      Origin: Saba	Harira      Origin: Djibouti
French Beans Maigre      Origin: British	Gochujang (Korean Fermented Chilli Paste)      Origin: Korea	Harira Bidaouia      Origin: Morocco
Fricasseed French Beans      Origin: British	Gongura Pappu (Sorrel Leaf Dal)      Origin: India	Harira Mauritanienne (Mauritanian Harira)      Origin: Mauritania
Fricasseed Windsor Beans      Origin: British	Gormeh Sabzi (Persian Lamb and Herb Stew)      Origin: Iran	Harissa Lamb Noodles      Origin: Fusion
Frijoles Negros Escabechados (Peruvian-style Spicy Pickled Black Beans)      Origin: Peru	Gram Flour Bread      Origin: Anglo-Indian	Helle Aşı (Helle Soup)      Origin: Turkey
Frijoles Paisas      Origin: Colombia	Gram Flour Chapati      Origin: Fusion	Hena-Kisoa sy voanjobory (Pork with Bambara Groundnuts)      Origin: Madagascar
Frijoles Refritos (Refried Beans)      Origin: Mexico	Green Bean and Basil Salad      Origin: British	Hernekeitto (Finnish Pea and Ham Soup)      Origin: Finland
Frijoles Refritos (Refried Beans)      Origin: Mexico	Green Bean and Mango Dhal Curry      Origin: South Africa	Hessian Soup      Origin: British
Fruity Banana Smoothie      Origin: American	Green Bean Casserole      Origin: American	Himachali Chana Madra (Himachala Chickpea Yoghurt Curry)      Origin: India
Fryplantain and Beans      Origin: Ghana	Green Beans in Coconut Sauce      Origin: Fusion	Hlalem (Pasta with Beans)      Origin: Tunisia
Fül (Broad Bean Paste)      Origin: Bahrain	Green Coconut Chutney      Origin: India	Hlelim (Pasta, Meat and Vegetable Soup)      Origin: Tunisia
Ful Medames      Origin: Somaliland	Green Lentils with Wild Garlic Mustard Pesto      Origin: Britain	Hodge-Podge      Origin: British
Ful Medames (Sudanese Broad Bean Breakfast)      Origin: Sudan-a	Green Pea and Liver Curry      Origin: Sri Lanka	Home-made Kama Mixture      Origin: Estonia
Ful Sudani (Sudanese Ful)      Origin: South Sudan	Green Pea Soup      Origin: British	Honduran Refried Beans      Origin: Honduras
Fura Gero da Nono      Origin: Nigeria	Green Pea Soup      Origin: British	Honey-spice Couscous      Origin: Fusion
Fuul (Broad Bean Paste)      Origin: Sudan	Green Peas for Garnish      Origin: British	Hong Dou Sha (Sweet Red Bean Paste)      Origin: China
Fuul Qurcaa oo Macaan (Kidney Bean Fuul)      Origin: Djibouti	Grenadian Dal Puri      Origin: Grenada	Hoppin' John      Origin: America
Gado Gado with Sambal Kacang      Origin: Indonesia	Grenadian Pelau      Origin: Grenada	Hot Chili Beans      Origin: American
Gallo Pinto      Origin: Costa Rica	Grenadian Rotis      Origin: Grenada	Hot Pinto Bean Chili      Origin: American
Gallo Pinto II      Origin: Nicaragua	Gronden Benes (Ground Beans)      Origin: England	Hot Turkey and Black Bean Chili      Origin: American
Ganmodoki (Fried Tofu Patties)      Origin: Japan	Guernsey Bean Jar      Origin: Guernsey	Hotpot Porc Cymreig, Chorizo a Ffa Gwynion (Welsh Pork, Chorizo and White Bean Hotpot)      Origin: Welsh
Garbansos con salchichas (Chickpeas with Sausages)      Origin: Colombia	Guiana Rice and Peas      Origin: French Guiana	Hotpot Porc y Gaeaf (Wintery Pork Hotpot)      Origin: Welsh
Garbanzos con Acelgas (Chickpeas with Chard)      Origin: Spain	Guinea Fowl Pudding      Origin: Scotland	Hoummi Kopanisti (Chickpea Dip)      Origin: Cyprus
Garden Vegetable Soup      Origin: Britain	Gujarati-style Monkfish Curry      Origin: Fusion
Gateau Chinoise (French Guianese Chinese Cake)      Origin: French Guiana	Gungo Rice and Peas      Origin: Jamaica

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