Ingredients 3 cups cranberry or pinto beans 1 cup spelt or wheat berries (available at gourmet-food shops) ¼ cup extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for drizzling ½ pound sweet Italian sausage, casings removed 1 pound kale, preferably Tuscan, coarse stems…
Ful medames is a traditional Sudanese dish made from cooked fava beans, commonly enjoyed for breakfast or as a light meal. It is a nutritious and filling dish, packed with protein and fiber. The beans are typically seasoned with olive…
Spicy chickpeas make a good fall-back meal using ingredients that many pantries will often have lying in a dusty corner, but that are also cheap to pick up. Ingredients 250 g canned chickpeas 2 tbsp oil 2 tsp Dijon mustard…
Ingredients 1½ tbsp chile oil ½ tbsp vegetable oil 2 cups canned black beans, rinsed and drained 1 tbsp salt 1 tbsp freshly-ground black pepper 2 tsp rice vinegar 1½ tsp soy sauce 1 Thai bird chile, minced Procedure Heat…
Ingredients 2 cups cooked rice 15 ounce can black beans, drained 10 ounce can tomatoes and green chiles ½ tsp cumin Procedure In medium saucepan, combine beans, tomatoes and green chiles mix, and cumin. Heat through. Serve over hot rice.…
Dried chickpeas are fairly easy to prepare, if you allow enough time, and they taste far better than the canned version. Ingredients 2 cups dried chickpeas 4 stalks celery, chopped Procedure Cover the chickpeas completely with water, and let them…
Also known as umngqusho, samp and beans is traditionally eaten in winter, often with rice or buttered bread. There is no one definitive recipe, as nearly every family has its own variation. Some other recipes use chicken or no meat…
Oddly enough, refried beans (frijoles refritos) are only fried once. The prefix “re” is a Spanish prefix meaning “very” or “well”, inappropriately tacked onto a non-Spanish word. Ingredients Pinto beans or black beans Butter (optional) or home-rendered lard (optional) Procedure…
Red bean paste (in simplified Chinese: 红豆沙, in traditional Chinese: 紅豆沙, Pinyin: hóngdòushā, meaning “red bean sand”, due to its texture) is a sweet paste used for many things in Chinese, Japanese and Korean cuisine. It is made from mashed…
Ingredients 250 g red kidney beans 1 pinch baking soda 75 g chopped onion Oil 100 g chopped tomato 3–4 chiles, finely chopped Salt to taste 1–2 tbsp red chile powder 2–3 tbsp garam masala 1–2 tbsp pepper Procedure Soak…
Portuguese feijoada is a type of bean, pork, and beef stew. Ingredients 1 litre dried black beans Assorted meat of personal choice (universally it is pork knee, pork sausage, and salted dry beef) 2 bay leaves 1 branch parsley, chopped…
Polvorones are a type of Spanish shortbread quite popular in Latin America. Ingredients 1 cup margarine 1 cup white sugar ½ tsp salt 4 cups all-purpose flour 2 eggs 1 tsp vanilla extract Procedure Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C) Mix…