List of legume dishes

This is a list of legume dishes. A legume is a plant in the family Fabaceae (or Leguminosae), or the fruit or seed of such a plant. Legumes are grown agriculturally, primarily for their food grain seed (e.g. beans and lentils, or generally pulse), for livestock forage and silage, and as soil-enhancing green manure.

A selection of various legumes

Legume dishes

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• 15 Bean Soup – Packaged dry bean soup product from the N.K. Hurst Co.

A

• Acarajé – Deep fried bean cakePages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• Aloo mutter – North Indian dish
• Amanattō – Japanese traditional confectionery
• Arroz con gandules – Puerto Rican rice and pork dish

B

Baked beans over scrambled eggs on toast

Bubur kacang hijau is an Indonesian and Malaysian sweet dessert made from mung beans porridge with coconut milk and palm sugar or cane sugar.

• Baked beans – Cooked beans in sauce
• Balila (dish)
• Bandeja paisa – Typical meal popular in Colombian cuisine
• Bap (food) – Korean name for cooked ricePages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• Beans – Seed of one of several genera of the plant family FabaceaePages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• Bean chips – Snack foodPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• Bean pie – Sweet custard pie
• Bean salad – Common cold salad composed of various cooked or pickled beans
• Bhadmaas – Legume grown for its edible beanPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• Bigilla – Maltese dish made with beans
• Bissara – Dish in Egyptian and Moroccan cuisine
• Black peas – Traditional Lancashire dish
• Bob chorba – Bulgarian bean soup
• Bodi ko Achar
• Boiled peanuts – Method of preparing fresh peanuts as a snack food
• Borracho beans – Bean dish from Mexico and southern Texas
• Bouneschlupp – European bean soup
• Bubur kacang hijau – Indonesian dessert
• Budae-jjigae – South Korean spicy stew
• Burmese tofu – Food in Burmese cuisine

C

Cocido montañés (Highlander stew or Mountain stew) is a rich hearty bean stew, originally from and most commonly found in Cantabria in northern Spain.

• Callos
• Caparrones
• Cassoulet
• Chana masala
• Chapea
• Cholent
• Chili con carne
• Chole bhature
• Ciceri e Tria
• Cocido lebaniego
• Cocido madrileño
• Cocido Montañés
• Cowboy beans

D

Dal makhani is a staple food originating from the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent.

• Dal – Dried, split pulses used for cooking
• Dal baati – Indian dish of lentils and unleavened breadPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• Dal bhat – Lentil and rice dish
• Dalcha – Indian culinary dish
• Deep-fried peanuts
• Dhansak – Indian dish
• Dhokla – Indian vegetarian dish
• Dilly beans – Pickled green beans, often flavoured with dill.
• Doubles (food) – Indo-Caribbean street food originating in Trinidad and Tobago
• Douzhi – Fermented beverage made from mung beans

E

• Edamame – Immature soybean pod used as a specialty food

F

A bowl of Mexican-style vegetarian frijoles negros

Fasolada is a Greek and Cypriot soup of dry white beans, olive oil, and vegetables as peppers, sometimes called the "national food of the Greeks".

Ful medames is a Middle Eastern dish made of whole, or mashed, fava beans mixed with lemon juice and olive oil. Sometimes served with onions, olives, cumin, chili pepper, or other condiments.

• Fabada asturiana – Asturian bean stew
• Fabes con almejas
• Falafel – Middle Eastern fried bean dish
• Farinata – Chickpea pancake
• Fasolada – Mediterranean kind of soup
• Fasole cu cârnaţi – Romanian dishPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• Feijoada – Pork and bean stews of Brazilian origin
• Feijão tropeiro — Brazilian bean dish
• Frijoles charros – Mexican pinto bean dish
• Frijoles negros – Latin American black bean dish
• Ful medames – Egyptian dish of cooked fava beans served with olive oil, cumin, and other ingredients

G

• Gallo pinto – Traditional dish from Central America
• Garnache – Mesoamerican dishPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• Ghugni – Indian snack
• Gigandes plaki – Greek bean dishPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• Githeri – Kenyan traditional meal
• Green bean casserole – American dish from the 1950s
• Grey peas – Latvian food
• Guernsey Bean Jar – Local dish of GuernseyPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets

H

Hummus is a Middle Eastern and Arabic food dip or spread made from cooked, mashed chickpeas blended with tahini, olive oil, lemon juice, salt and garlic.

• Hoppin' John – Southern peas and rice dish
• Hummus – Middle Eastern chickpea puree dish

J

• Jidou liangfen – Chinese jelly made of mung bean starchPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• Judd mat Gaardebounen – Savory dish from Luxembourg

K

• Kluklu – West African snack made from peanutPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• Kongbap – Korean rice dish with soybeans
• Koottu – Lentil and vegetable stew from India
• Kosambari – Seasoned split pulses salad
• Kuli-kuli – West African snack made from peanut
• Kuru fasulye – Turkish bean stew
• Kuzhambu – Tamil vegetable side dish
• Kwati (soup) – Nepali bean soup

L

Lobio is a family of dishes of various kinds of prepared beans (cooked or stewed), containing coriander, walnuts, garlic and onion, popular item in the cuisines of the South Caucasus nation of Georgia.

• Lablabi – Tunisian dish based on chickpeas
• Laping – Tibetan noodle dish
• Lentil soup – Legume soup made with lentils
• Liangfen – Chinese jelly made of mung bean starch
• Lobio – Traditional Georgian stew

M

• Marrowfat peas – Green peas that have dried out naturally
• Matevž – Slovene dishPages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback
• Mattar paneer – Indian cheese and peas dishPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• Mercimek köftesi – Turkish cold dish (or meze) of "balls" of boiled red lentils, bulgur, green onions etc
• Minestrone – Thick soup of Italian origin
• Moro de guandules – Dish from Puerto Rico
• Moros y Cristianos – Traditional dish of beans and rice in Cuban cuisinePages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• Msabbaha – Variation of hummus
• Mujaddara – Dish of lentils, rice and sautéed onions
• Murukku – Traditional snack of South India
• Mushy peas – Thick green lumpy mash of peas

N

• Nokdumuk – Korean mung bean jellyPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets

O

Olla podrida is a Spanish stew made from pork and beans and an inconsistent, wide variety of other meats and vegetables.

• Olla podrida – Spanish stew made with chickpeas and beans

P

Pasta e fagioli, meaning "pasta and beans", is a traditional meatless Italian dish.

• Pabellón criollo – Traditional Venezuelan rice and bean dish
• Panelle – Sicilian frittersPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• Papadum – Flatbread from the Indian subcontinentPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• Paripu – Dried, split pulses used for cookingPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• Pasta e fagioli – Traditional Italian soup of pasta and beans
• Pastizz – Savoury pastry from Malta
• Pasulj – Bean stew
• Peabutter
• Pease pudding – Savoury pudding dish made of boiled legumes
• Pie and peas – British cuisine
• Piyaz – Turkish and Persian cuisine
• Pie floater – Australian meat pie and soup dish
• Pokhemma
• Pork and beans – Culinary dish
• Porotos con rienda – Chilean dishPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• Purtumute

R

Rajma chawal, Rajma beans served with boiled rice, from the Indian subcontinent

Red bean cake is a type of Chinese cake with a sweet red bean paste filling. It is made primarily with azuki beans.

• Ragda pattice – Popular Indian street food
• Rajma – Red kidney beans dish, originating from the Indian subcontinent
• Red bean cake – Cake with red bean paste filling
• Red bean ice
• Red bean paste – Paste made from adzuki beans
• Red bean soup – Chinese sweet dessert soupPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• Red beans and rice – Dish characteristic of Louisiana Creole cuisine
• Refried beans – Mexican dish of cooked mashed beans
• Revalenta arabica – preparation which was sold in the 18th century as an empirical diet for patients, extraordinary restorative virtues being attributed to itPages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback
• Rice and beans – Type of dish made from a combination of staple foods in many cultures around the world
• Rice and peas – Traditional Caribbean food

S

Split pea soup is typically prepared with dried peas, such as the split pea. It is, with variations, a part of the cuisine of many cultures.

• Sambar – Lentil stew
• Senate bean soup – Soup served in the United States Senate
• Shahan ful
• Shiro – Powdered stew in Ethiopia and Eritrea
• Soup beans
• Split pea soup – Soup made from dried peasPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• Succotash – Traditional American food

T

Tavče gravče is a traditional Macedonian dish. It is prepared with fresh beans and it can be found in almost all restaurants in Macedonia and all over the Greek and Macedonian diaspora.

• Tavče gravče – Traditional Macedonian dish
• Texas caviar – American bean salad dish
• Tomato omelette – Indian breakfast dish prepared mostly in Maharashtra
• Tortillitas de camarones – Shrimp fritters

U

• Ulava charu – Spicy and tangy lentil dish
• Umngqusho

V

• Vegetarian chili – Savory American stew with chili peppers and meatPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets

W

• Waakye – Ghanaian breakfast food
• Wandouhuang – Traditional Chinese snack food

Y

• Yun dou juan – Traditional Chinese dish

See also

• Common bean
• Pakistani legume dishes
• List of bean soups
• List of chickpea dishes
• List of edible seeds
• List of peanut dishes
• List of foods
• List of soups
• List of soy-based foods
• List of vegetable dishes
• Food portal
• Lists portal

External links

• Media related to Legume-based food at Wikimedia Commons