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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Pumpkin Curry      Origin: Britain	Roadhouse Chili Pizza      Origin: American	Seafood Chili      Origin: American
Pumpkin Hummus      Origin: American	Roast Salmon Chowder      Origin: Britain	Seam, Potato and Peas Chakee      Origin: Anglo-Indian
Pumpkin Skin Chutney      Origin: Anglo-Indian	Roasted Carlin Peas      Origin: Britain	Seam, Potato, and Peas Chahkee      Origin: Anglo-Indian
Punjabi Lobia (Black-eyed Bean Curry)      Origin: Sri Lanka	Roasted Chickpeas      Origin: American	Seaweed Ribollita      Origin: Fusion
Purée d'Azinkokoui au Boudin (Azinkokoui Purée with Boudin Sausage)      Origin: Togo	Roasted Hosta Shoots      Origin: Britain	Seengre ke Satha Tori Kari (Courgette Curry with Radish Pods)      Origin: India
Puran Poli      Origin: India	Roasted Kalettes with Basa Fillets and Anchovies      Origin: Britain	Senegalese Vegetable Stew with Millet      Origin: Senegal
Quiche au thon et légumes (Tuna and Vegetable Quiche)      Origin: Saint Pierre	Rosemary-scented Lamb      Origin: Britain	Sharbat Adas (Libyan Lentil Soup)      Origin: Libya
Quick Doubanjiang      Origin: Fusion	Rusks with Chickpea Leaven      Origin: Cyprus	Shisa Nyama      Origin: South Africa
Rajma (Kidney Bean Curry)      Origin: Bangladesh	Rwandan Agatogo (Rwandan Beans with Cassava)      Origin: Rwanda	Shisa Nyama      Origin: eSwatini
Rajmah Curry      Origin: India	Saag Dhal with Carrot Greens      Origin: Fusion	Shishwala (Maize Porridge)      Origin: eSwatini
Rangood na Vaal (Gujarati Butter Bean Curry)      Origin: India	Saag Dhal with Wild Carrot Greens      Origin: Fusion	Shorbat Adas (Jordanian Red Lentil Soup)      Origin: Jordan
Rasam Powder      Origin: India	Saba Rice and Black Beans      Origin: Saba	Shorbat Adas (Lebanese Red Lentil Soup)      Origin: Lebanon
Re-fried Beans II      Origin: Mexico	Sabat Moong Bhajji (Mung Bean Bhaji)      Origin: India	Shorbet Ads (Sudanese Lentil Soup)      Origin: Sudan
Red Bean Paste      Origin: China	Sahina      Origin: Trinidad	Shourabit Silq bi Laban (Chard and Yoghurt Soup)      Origin: Lebanon
Red Bean Soup with Guacamole Salsa      Origin: Mexico	Saint Kitts Chicken Bouillon      Origin: Saint Kitts	Shourbet Fassoolia Bayda (White Bean Soup)      Origin: Lebanon
Red Lentil Dosa      Origin: India	Saint Lucian Bouillon      Origin: Saint Lucia	Sichuan Hot Pot Soup Base      Origin: China
Red Lentil Pancakes      Origin: Fusion	Saint Vincent Chicken Pelau      Origin: Saint Vincent	Siljo (Fermented Safflower Seed and Broad Bean Flour Paste)      Origin: India
Red Lentil, Chickpea and Chilli Soup      Origin: Britain	Salmagundi with Herby Rack of Lamb      Origin: Britain	Sinigang na Baboy (Pork Sinigang)      Origin: Philippines
Red Pepper and Chickpea Salad      Origin: Ecuador	Salmon and Couscous en Papillote      Origin: Britain	Sint Eustatius Rice and Black Beans      Origin: Sint Eustatius
Red-red      Origin: Ghana	Salmon Durban Curry      Origin: Fusion	Slangetjies (Pea Flour Noodles)      Origin: South Africa
Red-red with Spiced Plantains      Origin: Ghana	Salomi      Origin: South Africa	Slow Cooker Pork Adobo Burritos      Origin: Mexico
Refried Carlin Peas      Origin: Britain	Sambar Podi (Sambar Powder)      Origin: India	Slow Cooker Turkey and Lentil Chili      Origin: American
Restaurant-style Chakalaka      Origin: South Africa	Sambhar (Lentil Curry)      Origin: India	Smoked Chicken, Leek and Mushroom Pie      Origin: Australia
Revithia (Chickpea Soup)      Origin: Greece	Sambhar Masala      Origin: India	Smoked Fish Fisherman's Pie      Origin: England
Ribollita      Origin: Italy	Samp and Beans Croquettes      Origin: South Africa	Smoked Haddock Curry with Butter Beans      Origin: Fusion
Rice and Bean Enchiladas      Origin: Britain	Samphire and Crab Salad      Origin: Britain	Smoked Salmon with Pea Pancakes      Origin: Britain
Rice and Peas      Origin: Jamaica	Samsas (Bean Fritters)      Origin: Burkina Faso	Smoky Mushroom and Chickpea Fajitas with Charred Spring Onion Salsa      Origin: British
Rice and Peas      Origin: Saint Kitts	Sancoche      Origin: Trinidad	Smoky Pumpkin Chili      Origin: American
Rice with Pigeon Peas      Origin: Puerto Rico	Sattu      Origin: India	Socca (Chickpea-flour Crêpes)      Origin: Monaco
Rich Minestrone Soup      Origin: Britain	Sautéed Chickpeas      Origin: South Sudan	Socca      Origin: Monaco
Risotto alla Paesana (Risotto with Beans and Bacon)      Origin: Italy	Schurbat Adas Ma Qar (Iraqi Lentil and Pumpkin Soup)      Origin: Iraq	Sopa de Feijao Verde (String Bean Soup)      Origin: Mozambique
Risotto con Prosciutto e Piselli (Risotto with Ham and Peas)      Origin: Italy	Scottish Green Pea Soup      Origin: Scotland	Sopa de Frijol Negro (Cuban Black Bean Soup)      Origin: Cuba
Riz et Pois Collés (Haitian Rice with Peas)      Origin: Haiti	Scottish Haricot Bean Soup      Origin: Scotland
Riz haricots rouges antillais (Antillean Red Beans and Rice)      Origin: Guadeloupe	Scottish Lentil Soup      Origin: Scotland

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