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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Sopa de Trigo      Origin: Portugal	Straussenkeule in Weißweinsahne (Ostrich Leg Stew)      Origin: Namibia	Tisanam Barricam (Barley Soup with Dried Vegetables)      Origin: Roman
Sopa di Bonchi Korá (Red Kidney Bean Soup)      Origin: Aruba	Street Food Pad Thai      Origin: Thailand	Tishreeb Hummus (Chickpea Casserole)      Origin: Iraq
Sopa di Bonchi Korá (Red Kidney Bean Soup)      Origin: Bonaire	Stuffat Tal-Fenek (Rabbit Stew)      Origin: Malta	Tlayuda      Origin: Mexico
Sopa di Bonchi Korá (Red Kidney Bean Soup)      Origin: Curacao	Stuffat Tal-Qarnit (Octopus Stew)      Origin: Malta	Toborgee Beans      Origin: Liberia
Sopa Puertoriqueña de Frijoles Negros (Puerto Rican Black Bean Soup)      Origin: Puerto Rico	Succotash      Origin: America	Tofu and Vegetable Stir-fry      Origin: Australia
Souko Dounguouri (Meat Stew with White Beans)      Origin: Niger	Succotash      Origin: Equatorial Guinea	Tofu Laver and Leek Croquettes      Origin: Ireland
Soupa Louvana (Yellow Split Pea Soup)      Origin: Cyprus	Sugar Bean Curry      Origin: South Africa	Tom Brown      Origin: Nigeria
Soupe au Pistou Monegasque (Monegasque Soup with Pistou)      Origin: Monaco	Summer Vegetable Stew      Origin: Britain	Tortilla Española (Spanish Omelette)      Origin: Spain
Soupe aux Lentilles et Legumes (Lentil and Bean Soup)      Origin: Burundi	Suya Beef Heart Curry with Beans and Wild Greens      Origin: Fusion	Traditional Mattar Keema Curry      Origin: India
Soupe aux pois et la viande (Pea Soup and Meat)      Origin: Guinea-Bissau	Svinsko S Bel Bob (Pork with Beans)      Origin: Bulgaria	Traditional Vegetable Bake      Origin: Ireland
Souppa Hoummi (Chickpea Soup)      Origin: Cyprus	Sweet Sattu      Origin: India	Traybake Chicken Nachos      Origin: Britain
Southern Succotash      Origin: America	Ta'amia (Egyptian Falafel)      Origin: Egypt	Tricolour Pilau Rice      Origin: India
Spagetti biz-zalza tal-Qarnit (Spaghetti with Octopus Sauce)      Origin: Malta	Taco Casserole      Origin: America	Trinidad Chicken Pelau      Origin: Trinidad
Spatchcocked Poussin with Lentils and Harissa      Origin: Fusion	Tacos de Carnitas (Pulled Pork Tacos)      Origin: Mexico	Trinidadian Pholourie      Origin: Trinidad
Speedy Chilli Bean Wraps      Origin: Fusion	Tagine bal Ghalmi wa Aflour (Lamb Tagine with Broad Beans)      Origin: Morocco	Trooping Funnel with Cannellini Beans      Origin: Britain
Spiced Lima Beans with Garlic and Coconut      Origin: Nepal	Tajin Sibnekh (Chicken and Egg Tagine)      Origin: Tunisia	Tsebhi Birsen (Spicy Lentils)      Origin: Eritrea
Spicy Black Bean Tacos      Origin: Britain	Tam Mak Hoong (Laotian Papaya Salad)      Origin: Laos	Tunisian Byesar (Tunisian Broad Bean Dip)      Origin: Tunisia
Spicy Carlin Pea Soup with Roasted Peppers      Origin: Britain	Tamales      Origin: Mexico	Tunisian Chicken and Pumpkin Couscous      Origin: Libya
Spicy Chilli Bean Soup      Origin: Britain	Tamil Nadu Sambar Curry      Origin: India	Tunisian Vegetable Couscous      Origin: Tunisia
Spicy Prawns and Green Lentils      Origin: Fusion	Tanzanian Coconut Bean Soup      Origin: Tanzania	Turkey and Chips      Origin: Britain
Spicy Sambar Curry      Origin: Britain	Tarka Dal      Origin: Britain	Turkey Beanpot      Origin: Britain
Spicy Sev (Spicy Gram Flour Threads)      Origin: India	Tavče Gravče      Origin: North Macedonia	Turkey Leftovers Curry      Origin: Britain
Spicy Stuffing on the Wild Side      Origin: Fusion	Terrine Mauritanienne (Mauritanian Terrine)      Origin: Mauritania	Turkey Rendang      Origin: Fusion
Spicy Szechuan Pork Recipe      Origin: China	Tfina Camounia (Potatoes and Bean Stew)      Origin: Tunisia	Turkey Tetrazzini Casserole      Origin: American
Spicy Tofu      Origin: China	Thai Chicken Soup with Ginger and Lime      Origin: Thailand	Türlüh (Mixed Vegetable Stew)      Origin: Armenia
Sri Lankan Dal      Origin: Sri Lanka	Thai Green Curried Cod      Origin: Fusion	Turn Cornmeal      Origin: British Virgin Islands
Sri Lankan Green Bean Curry      Origin: Sri Lanka	Thai Green Curry with Chicken of the Woods      Origin: Britain	Tutu (Cornmeal Porridge with Black-eyed Peas)      Origin: Aruba
Srpska Corba ot Graha (Serbian Bean Stew)      Origin: Serbia	Thai Red Jackfruit Curry      Origin: Fusion	Tutu      Origin: Bonaire
Steamed Black-eyed Bean Dumplings      Origin: Ghana	The Ultimate Chilli Con Carne      Origin: Fusion	Tutu      Origin: Curacao
Steamed Sole with Black Bean Sauce      Origin: China	Thiéré Bassi (Millet Couscous Stew)      Origin: Senegal	Ugandan Beans      Origin: Uganda
Stew Peas      Origin: Jamaica	Thiéré bassy      Origin: Senegal	Ukkarai      Origin: India
Stewed Pork with Chickpeas      Origin: Fusion	Thiebou kéthiakh (Rice with Dried Fish and Tamarind)      Origin: Senegal	Umngqusho (Samp and Beans with Potatoes)      Origin: South Africa
Sticky Asian-style Pork Neck Chops      Origin: Britain	Thiebou Kéthiakh (Rice with Dried Fish, Seafood and Vegetables)      Origin: Senegal
Stir-fried Clams in Black Bean Sauce      Origin: Hong Kong	Tianmianjiang (Jiangsu Crayfish Cooked with Thirteen-Spice Powder)      Origin: China

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