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 672 recipes in total:

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Pounded Beans      Origin: Burundi	Roast Salmon Chowder      Origin: Britain	Shourabit Silq bi Laban (Chard and Yoghurt Soup)      Origin: Lebanon
Prawn Caldine      Origin: India	Roasted Hosta Shoots      Origin: Britain	Sinigang na Baboy (Pork Sinigang)      Origin: Philippines
Pressure Cooker Baked Beans      Origin: American	Roasted Kalettes with Basa Fillets and Anchovies      Origin: Britain	Sint Eustatius Rice and Black Beans      Origin: Sint Eustatius
Pressure Cooker Calico Bean Stew      Origin: American	Rosemary-scented Lamb      Origin: Britain	Slangetjies (Pea Flour Noodles)      Origin: South Africa
Pressure Cooker Chana Aloo Curry (Pressure Cooker Chickpea Curry)      Origin: Britain	Rwandan Agatogo (Rwandan Beans with Cassava)      Origin: Rwanda	Slow Cooker Pork Adobo Burritos      Origin: Mexico
Pressure Cooker Dhal      Origin: Fusion	Saag Dhal with Carrot Greens      Origin: Fusion	Smoked Chicken, Leek and Mushroom Pie      Origin: Australia
Pressure Cooker Pea and Ham Soup      Origin: Britain	Saag Dhal with Wild Carrot Greens      Origin: Fusion	Smoked Haddock Curry with Butter Beans      Origin: Fusion
Pressure Cooker Quick Lentil Soup      Origin: Britain	Saba Rice and Black Beans      Origin: Saba	Smoked Salmon with Pea Pancakes      Origin: Britain
Pullum Elixum ex Iure Suo (Boiled Chicken with Boiled Egyptian Beans)      Origin: Roman	Sahina      Origin: Trinidad	Socca (Chickpea-flour Crêpes)      Origin: Monaco
Pumpkin Chili      Origin: American	Saint Kitts Chicken Bouillon      Origin: Saint Kitts	Socca      Origin: Monaco
Pumpkin Curry      Origin: Britain	Saint Lucian Bouillon      Origin: Saint Lucia	Sopa de Feijao Verde (String Bean Soup)      Origin: Mozambique
Pumpkin Hummus      Origin: American	Saint Vincent Chicken Pelau      Origin: Saint Vincent	Sopa de Frijol Negro (Cuban Black Bean Soup)      Origin: Cuba
Punjabi Lobia (Black-eyed Bean Curry)      Origin: Sri Lanka	Salmagundi with Herby Rack of Lamb      Origin: Britain	Sopa de Trigo      Origin: Portugal
Puran Poli      Origin: India	Salmon and Couscous en Papillote      Origin: British	Sopa di Bonchi Korá (Red Kidney Bean Soup)      Origin: Aruba
Quick Doubanjiang      Origin: Fusion	Salmon Durban Curry      Origin: Fusion	Sopa di Bonchi Korá (Red Kidney Bean Soup)      Origin: Bonaire
Rajma (Kidney Bean Curry)      Origin: Bangladesh	Salomi      Origin: South Africa	Sopa di Bonchi Korá (Red Kidney Bean Soup)      Origin: Curacao
Rajmah Curry      Origin: India	Sambar Podi (Sambar Powder)      Origin: India	Sopa Puertoriqueña de Frijoles Negros (Puerto Rican Black Bean Soup)      Origin: Puerto Rico
Rangood na Vaal (Gujarati Butter Bean Curry)      Origin: India	Sambhar (Lentil Curry)      Origin: India	Souko Dounguouri (Meat Stew with White Beans)      Origin: Niger
Rasam Powder      Origin: India	Sambhar Masala      Origin: India	Soupe au Pistou Monegasque (Monegasque Soup with Pistou)      Origin: Monaco
Re-fried Beans II      Origin: Mexico	Samp and Beans Croquettes      Origin: South Africa	Soupe aux Lentilles et Legumes (Lentil and Bean Soup)      Origin: Burundi
Red Bean Paste      Origin: China	Samphire and Crab Salad      Origin: Britain	Soupe aux pois et la viande (Pea Soup and Meat)      Origin: Guinea-Bissau
Red Bean Soup with Guacamole Salsa      Origin: Mexico	Sancoche      Origin: Trinidad	Southern Succotash      Origin: America
Red Lentil Dosa      Origin: India	Sattu      Origin: India	Spagetti biz-zalza tal-Qarnit (Spaghetti with Octopus Sauce)      Origin: Malta
Red-red      Origin: Ghana	Scottish Green Pea Soup      Origin: Scotland	Spiced Lima Beans with Garlic and Coconut      Origin: Nepal
Red-red with Spiced Plantains      Origin: Ghana	Scottish Haricot Bean Soup      Origin: Scotland	Spicy Chilli Bean Soup      Origin: Britain
Restaurant-style Chakalaka      Origin: South Africa	Scottish Lentil Soup      Origin: Scotland	Spicy Prawns and Green Lentils      Origin: Fusion
Ribollita      Origin: Italy	Seafood Chili      Origin: American	Spicy Sambar Curry      Origin: Britain
Rice and Peas      Origin: Jamaica	Seam, Potato and Peas Chakee      Origin: Anglo-Indian	Spicy Sev (Spicy Gram Flour Threads)      Origin: India
Rice and Peas      Origin: Saint Kitts	Seam, Potato, and Peas Chahkee      Origin: Anglo-Indian	Spicy Szechuan Pork Recipe      Origin: China
Rice with Pigeon Peas      Origin: Puerto Rico	Seaweed Ribollita      Origin: Fusion	Spicy Tofu      Origin: China
Rich Minestrone Soup      Origin: British	Seengre ke Satha Tori Kari (Courgette Curry with Radish Pods)      Origin: India	Steamed Black-eyed Bean Dumplings      Origin: Ghana
Riz et Pois Collés (Haitian Rice with Peas)      Origin: Haiti	Senegalese Vegetable Stew with Millet      Origin: Senegal	Steamed Sole with Black Bean Sauce      Origin: China
Riz haricots rouges antillais (Antillean Red Beans and Rice)      Origin: Guadeloupe	Sharbat Adas (Libyan Lentil Soup)      Origin: Libya
Roadhouse Chili Pizza      Origin: American	Shorbet Ads (Sudanese Lentil Soup)      Origin: Sudan

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