beans & pulses

An Egyptian soup made with sprouted fava beans.

A traditional soup from Morocco and Algeria with lentils, beans, rice,vegetables and meat.

Mexican tostadas are corn tortillas fried until crisp with all sorts of toppings.

Dal is the Indian name for lentils, includinng red split lentils. You can make a dal dish wiht the consistency of a soup or thicker, to serve as a wholesome vegetarian stew.

Ideally, this recipe from Madagascar should be prepared with jugo beans, also known as bambara beans. If you don't have them, try black eyed beans. Serve with rice.

Serve Armenian mashed bean salad in a round flat dish with all mashed beans distributed around the dressing. Eat with a spoon, taking a little mashed bean and some dressing in a spoonful.

Pasta e fagioli is an old Italian stew that the peasants ate because it was easy to make, inexpensive, and hearty. Serve with crusty Italian bread.

Lentil soup is popular in the Greece menu when the Greek Orthodox Church prohibits eating meat or fish, especially during the Great Lent and Good Friday. Lentils are a good source of iron and proteins. Lentil soup is straight forward to make and it can be prepared without oil, if necessary.

This is the Galician white bean soup recipe, known as caldo gallego adapted to the ingredients at hand.

Far east of Verona is a town called Trieste. From this city hails a soup that shows how the cuisine of Italy has been influenced by other cultures. It uses sauerkraut!