West & Central Asian Bean Dishes

Cookbooks

(VDME) Hartounian: Vegetarian Dishes from the Middle East
(FFIW) Helou: Feast: Food of the Islamic World
(CVC) Salloum: Classic Vegetarian Cooking from the Middle East and North Africa
(LFO) Salloum: From the Lands of Figs and Olives
(CLAG) Al-Hamad: Cardamom and Lime: Recipes from the Arabian Gulf
(ZAAC) Mardam-Bey: Ziryab: Authentic Arab Cuisine

Arabian Peninsula

(ANC) Salloum: The Arabian Nights Cookbook
Hummus bi tamar hindi (CVC, 🔗1)
Shawrabat ‘adas (red lentils, lemon) (CLAG, ANC, 🔗1)
Shawrbat ‘adas bit tamar hindi (CVC, 🔗1)
Shawrbat al-nikhi (CVC, ANC, 🔗1)
Kabab an-nikhi (chickpea kebabs) (CVC, 🔗1)
Al-nikhi (chickpeas) (CVC, ANC)
Bajelah (fava beans) (ANC, 🔗1)
Aeesh al dal (lentils with rice) (CVC, ANC, 🔗1)
Barley and lentil soup (ANC)
Makbous samak (brown lentils, rice, fish) (ANC, 🔗1)
Falafel (ANC, 🔗1)
Khabiss al-nakhi (FFIW, 🔗1)
Shilla (mung beans, green lentils, basmati) (CLAG, 🔗1)
Marag dal (red lentils, potatoes) (CLAG, 🔗1)
Foul (whole fava) (CLAG, 🔗1, 🔗2)

Bahrain

Luba (spiced baked beans)
Shawrabat ‘adas ‘ma banadoora (lentil and tomato soup) (CVC, 🔗1)

Kuwait

Al-momawash al-mutabaq (rice with mung beans) (CVC, ANC, 🔗1)
Fool nabed (dry large fava) (ANC, 🔗1)
Mumawash (mung beans, basmati) (CLAG, 🔗1)

Oman

(TFO) Campbell: The Food of Oman
Baqoura (ANC, 🔗1)
Dango (chickpeas, lime) (TFO, 🔗1)
Marak dal (red lentils) (TFO, 🔗1)

Saudi Arabia

Fattat ‘adas (lentils, bread) (ANC, 🔗1)
Spinach and chickpeas with garlic and lemon (ANC)

Yemen

Fool biz-zayt (fava, eggs) (CVC, LFO, 🔗1)
Falaafil Yamanee (CVC, 🔗1)
Shawrbat ‘adas yamani (lentils, beef or lamb) (LFO, 🔗1)
Yakhnat ‘adas ma’ bathinjan (lentils, eggplant, beef or lamb) (LFO)
Qulaba (fava, tahini) (🔗1)

United Arab Emirates & Qatar

Shawrabat al-nikhi (chickpeas, tomatoes) (ANC, 🔗1)
Aysh wa lahm (rice, meat, chickpeas) (FFIW, 🔗1)
Kabab hommus (chickpea flour) (FFIW, 🔗1)

Caucasus

(TOP) Duguid: Taste of Persia
(PTT) von Bremzen: Please to the Table: The Russian Cookbook

Armenia

(TCA) Uvezian: The Cuisine of Armenia
ՊԱՍՈՒՑ ՏՈԼՄԱ Basuts dolma (cabbage rolls with beans, lentils, tart fruit) (TOP, 🔗1 🔗2)
Vosbabour (lentil soup) (TCA x3, 🔗1)
Garmir lupiayi aghtsan (kidney bean salad) (TCA)
Germag lupiayi aghtsan / fassoulia piaz (white bean salad) (TCA, 🔗1)
Missov vosh / Vosbov shokep (lamb and lentil stew) (TCA)
Vosbov keufteh (lentil keufteh, red lentils) (TCA, 🔗1)
Topig (stuffed chickpea and wheat balls) (TCA, 🔗1)
Grape leaves with lentil and bulgur stuffing (TCA)
Grape leaves with split pea and rice stuffing (TCA)
Vosbov tzavari yeghintz / mujaddarah (bulghur pilaf with lentils) (TCA)
Gigerov tzavari yeghintz (bulgur, liver, chickpeas) (TCA)
Lupia plaki (white or lima beans) (PTT, 🔗1)
Msosh (green lentils, dried fruit) (🔗1)

Lori

Lobahashu (TOP, 🔗1)

Azerbaijan

(FA) Kashkay: Flavours of Azerbaijan (in six volumes)
Kufta Bozbash (meat, apricots, chickpeas) (FA, 🔗1)
Dovga (yogurt soup, chickpeas) (FFIW, PTT, 🔗1)
Lobia ezmesi (kidney bean paste) (FA)
Badam ezmesi (kidney bean and almond paste) (FA)
Lobiya shorbasy (kidney bean and dry plum soup) (FA)
Lobia-chilo plov (rice, black-eyed peas) (🔗1)
Tutmaash (noodle soup with mung or small pinkish-brown or white soybeans) (FA)
Parcha bozbash (chickpea soup with lamb) (FA, 🔗1)
Gyandzja pitisi (chickpeas, lamb, prunes) (FA)
Chuyut-pakhla ash (rice, white beans, dill, pomegranate) (FA)

Georgia

(TGF) Goldstein: The Georgian Feast
(TG) Capalbo: Tasting Georgia: A Food and Wine Journey in the Caucasus
Lobio with pomegranate and onion (TOP, 🔗1)
Lobios chorba (kidney bean soup) (TGF, 🔗1)
Lobio (kidney bean salad) (TGF, PTT)
Lobio tkemali (kidney beans with plum sauce) (TGF, PTT, 🔗1)
Lobio mtsvanilit (herbed kidney beans) (TGF, 🔗1)
Lobio (red bean soup with walnuts) (PTT, 🔗1)

Racha

ლობიანი Lobiani/Khachapuri (kidney bean filled bread) (TGF, PTT, 🔗1)
ლობიო Lobio (kidney or cranberry beans with herbs) (TG)

Imereti

ლობიო Lobio (cranberry beans, walnuts, plum sauce) (TG)

Tbilisi

ჩაშუშული მუხუდოთი Chashushuli (beef and chickpea stew) (TG)

Iraq

(DGE) Nasrallah: Delights from the Garden of Eden
Hasa al-hummus (CVC, LFO, 🔗1)
Hasa tamatat ma’ hummus (CVC, LFO, 🔗1)
Aeesh albajelah (fava, dill, rice) (CVC, 🔗1)
Hummus bi tahina (DGE, 🔗1)
Bagilla mahrousa (pureed fresh fava) (DGE, 🔗1)
Bagilla bil-khal (fresh fava with vinegar) (DGE, 🔗1)
Lablabi (chickpeas) (DGE, 🔗1)
Loubya maslouga (fresh black-eyed peas) (DGE, 🔗1)
Baridat loubya (black-eyed peas, whole sumac) (DGE, 🔗1)
Zalatat adas (lentil salad) (DGE, 🔗1)
Shorbat adas (red lentil soup) (DGE, 🔗1)
Shorbat mash (whole mung, rice) (DGE)
Shorbat fasoulya yabsa (white bean soup) (DGE, 🔗1)
Tafsheel (mixed beans, rice) (DGE, 🔗1)
Falafel (fava, chickpeas) (DGE, 🔗1)
Kuftat adas (red lentil patties) (DGE, 🔗1)
Kuftat adas wa timman (red lentil and rice patties) (DGE)
Abyadh wa baydh (boiled egg and black-eyed pea sandwich) (DGE, 🔗1)
Bagilla khadra bil zeit (fresh fava) (DGE, 🔗1)
Fasoulya yabsa bil zeit (white beans) (DGE, 🔗1)
Margat bagilla khadra (fresh fava stew) (DGE, 🔗1)
Margat qima (chickpeas, diced meat) (DGE, 🔗1)
Chicken with rice and chickpea stuffing (LFO)
Qimat al-loubya (red lentils, black-eyed peas in the pod) (DGE)
Timman bagilla (fresh fava, rice) (DGE, 🔗1)
Timman wa adas / Kichree (red lentils, rice) (DGE, 🔗1)
Timman wa mash (whole mung, rice) (DGE)
Ashouriyya (wheat, rice, white beans, chickpeas, almonds) (DGE, 🔗1)
Kujari’l-burghul (brown lentils, bulgur) (DGE, 🔗1)
Yakhni’l-adas (red lentils, brown lentils) (DGE, 🔗1)
Tashreeb bagilla (whole dry fava, flatbread) (DGE, 🔗1)
Tashreeb loubya (black-eyed peas, flatbread) (DGE, 🔗1)
Kari’l loubya (black-eyed peas) (DGE, 🔗1)
Dolma bil zeit (split chickpea and rice stuffed grape leaves) (DGE)
Margat fasoulya yabsa (🔗1)
Timman ahmar bi-znoud w-hummus (DGE, 🔗1)

Northern Iraq

Shorbat burma al-mosiliyya (grains, mixed beans) (DGE, 🔗1)

Southern Iraq

Margat turshana (dried apricots, lamb, split chickpeas) (DGE, 🔗1)

Levant

Palestine & Jordan

Hummus habb (CVC, LFO, 🔗1)
Hummus bi taheena Filasteeniya (CVC, LFO)
Hummus bi taheena ma’ laban (chickpeas, beef) (LFO, 🔗1)
Maazat hummus wa zaytoon (CVC, 🔗1)
Shawrbat hummus wa fool (chickpea, fava) (CVC, LFO, 🔗1)
Shawrbat ‘adas bi thoom w kammoon (lentil soup) (CVC)
Shawrbat ‘adas Filasteeniya (CVC, LFO, 🔗1)
Fool ma’ tomatim (CVC, LFO, 🔗1)
Ragheef ‘adas (lentil loaf) (CVC, 🔗1)
Laban ma’ hummus (CVC, LFO)
Chickpea and olive appetizer (LFA, 🔗1)
Dajaj ma’ hummus (chicken with chickpeas) (LFO, 🔗1)
Tomatoes stuffed with chickpeas (LFO, 🔗1)

Israel

Cholent (🔗1 🔗2 🔗3 🔗4)
Hamen (🔗1)
Hummus (🔗1)
Hummus tehina (ZWIC, 🔗1)
Hummus pitryot (mushrooms) (ZWIC)
Hummus foul (ZWIC)
Hummus masabacha (ZWIC, 🔗1)
Chickpea brittle (ZWIC)
Chicken soup with ghondi (chickpea flour and chicken meatballs) (ZWIC)
Branzino with chickpea stew (fresh chickpeas) (ZWIC)
Mujadara (ZWIC)
Falafel (🔗1)

Syria & Lebanon

(LC) Helou: Lebanese Cuisine
(CLC) Al-Faqih: Classic Lebanese Cuisine
Adas bi hamood (lentil soup, swiss chard, lemon) (CLC, 🔗1)
Bamya wa hummus (okra, chickpea) (CVC)
Bean pottage (kidney beans, rice) (LFO)
Bulgur bi-dfeeneh (bulgur, chickpeas, lamb) (FFIW)
Falafel (CVC, CLC, LFO)
Fassolia bi zeyt (lima beans, cilantro) (CLC)
Fassuliah bil lahmeh (lamb, white beans) (FFIW)
Fattet ghanam (chickpeas, lamb) (FFIW)
Fattat hummus (CVC, ZAAC)
Fatyar ‘adas (lentil pies) (CVC)
Fatayer bi hoummos (chickpeas and beef triangles) (CLC)
Fasoolya ma’ futr (white beans, mushrooms) (CVC)
Fasoolya ma’ rizz (kidney beans, rice) (CVC)
Fooliyya (fresh fava) (CVC, LFO)
Foul moudammus (CLC)
Fool ma’ laban (CVC, LFO, ZAAC)
Fool ma’ rizz (rice, meat, fresh fava) (LFO)
Harrak bi Isba’hu (lentil dumplings) (CVC)
Hummus bi dibs rumman (pomegranate) (CVC, 🔗1)
Hummus bi taheena (CVC, CLC, LFO, 🔗1)
Hummus ma’ loobya (chickpeas, green beans) (CVC, LFO, 🔗1)
Kibbi arnabiyeh (kibbi in chickpea tahini sauce) (CLC)
Kibbet haamid (lemon dumplings with chickpeas) (CVC)
Kibbett hummus (chickpea and bulgur patties) (LFO)
Makhlouta (mixed bean stew) (CLC)
Mhallabiyyah bil-ful (green fava dessert) (ZAAC)
Mihshee malfoof bi-zayt (cabbage roll with rice and chickpeas) (LFO)
Mihshee waraq ‘inab ma’ ‘adas (lentil stuffed grape leaves) (CVC, LFO)
Moghrabbiyeh ‘ala d’jaj (large grain couscous, chicken, chickpeas) (FFIW)
Mujadarra (CLC, CVC, LFO)
Munazalit bathinjan (eggplant and chickpea stew) (CVC, LFO)
Ris basmati ma adas (Basmati, lentils) (CLC)
Rishta (lentils and noodles) (CVC, LFO, CLC)
Salatat ‘adas (CVC, LFO)
Salatat fool (CVC, LFO)
Salata hoummos haab (chickpea salad) (CLC)
Salatat hummus wa burghul (CVC)
Shawrbat ‘adas ahmar ma’ rizz (CVC, LFO)
Shawrbat ‘adas halabiya (lentil soup) (CVC, LFO, 🔗1)
Shawrbat ‘adas ma’ sabanakh (lentil and spinach soup) (CVC, LFO)
Shawrbat ‘adas ma’ sha’reeya (lentil and noodle soup) (CVC, LFO)
Shawrbat fasoulya (CVC, LFO, 🔗1)
Shawrbat hummus wa batata (chickpea, potato) (CVC)
Shorbah makhlutah (lentil, chickpea, bean soup) (FFIW)
Salatat ‘adas wa laban (CVC)
Safeehat hummus (CVC)
Tamatim mihshee bil-hummus (tomatoes stuffed with chickpeas) (CVC)
Yakhnat ‘adas (lentils, potatoes) (CVC, LFO)
Yakhnat Fassoolya (beef, white beans) (LFO)

Turkey

(TTC) Ilkin and Kaufman: The Turkish Cookbook: Regional Recipes and Stories
(NHTC) Nevin Halici’s Turkish Cookbook
(DSA) Dale and Sivrioglu: Anatolia
Humus (NHTC)
Fava (pureed split dry fava) (NHTC, DSA)
Etli kuru fasulye (white beans, lamb) (NHTC)
Kiymali mercimek (lentils, lamb) (NHTC)
Yalanci enginar dolmasi (fava beans, artichokes) (NHTC)
Maş piyazi (mung, scallions) (NHTC)
Aşure (white beans, chickpeas, dessert pudding) (DSA, FFIW)
Pastirmali kuru fasulye (white beans, cured beef) (DSA)
Mercimekli kofte (red lentil kofte) (FFIW)

Aegean

Yeşil Mercimekli Pirinç Pilavı (rice, green lentils) (TTC)

Afyon

Mercimekli afyon böreği (green lentil pies) (TTC)

Izmir

Zeytinyağlı enginarlı iç bakla (artichokes, fresh fava) (TTC, DSA)
Börülce çorbası (black-eyed peas, lamb, noodles) (TTC)

Muğla

Börülce Teletoru (black-eyed peas) (TTC)
Nohutlu bamya (okra, chickpeas) (TTC)

Central Anatolia

Yeşil mercimekli erişte çorbası (green lentils, noodles, mint) (TTC)
Nohutlu yahni (chickpea stew) (TTC)

Kayseri

Güveçte pastırmalı kuru fasülye (white beans, cured beef) (TTC)

Sivas

Fasulye çorbası (green beans, green lentils, bulgur) (TTC)

Eastern Anatolia

Erzincan

Kesme çorba (chickpeas, noodles, meatballs) (TTC)

Southeast Anatolia

Gaziantep

Maş çorbası (mung bean) (TTC)
Alca çorba (wheat berries, chickpeas, green lentils) (TTC)
Kabak doğrama (zucchini, chickpeas) (TTC)
Pirpirim aşı (purslane, chickpeas, black-eyed peas, green lentils) (TTC, DSA)
Yoğurtlu çağla aşı (fresh almonds, chickpeas in yogurt sauce) (FFIW)

Kilis

Ekşili mercimek çorbası (red lentils, eggplant) (TTC)

Şanlıurfa

Mustard greens with black-eyed peas and rice (Wolfert: Mediterranean Grains and Greens)
Tarhana and red lentil soup (Wolfert: Mediterranean Grains and Greens)

Black Sea

Zeytinyağlı barbunya (fresh cranberry beans, olive oil) (TTC, NHTC)

Artvin

Fasulye çorbası (white beans, pasta, greens) (TTC)

Kastamonu

Barbunyalı pilav (rice, cranberry or kidney beans) (TTC)

Rize

Mısır unlu fasulye ezmesi (mashed lima beans, cornmeal) (TTC)

Tokat

Bat (lentil and bulgur salad) (TTC)

Trabzon

Balkabağı çorbası (pumpkin, greens, white beans) (TTC)
Karalahana Yığması (greens, bulgur, cranberry beans) (TTC)

Marmara

Bursa

Nobutlu mantı (chickpea dumplings) (TTC)

Istanbul

Nohut çorbası (chickpea soup) (TTC)
Osmanlı mercimek çorbası (lentil soup) (TTC)
Kuzu etli nohutlu buğday çorbası (wheat, lamb, chickpea) (TTC)
Löbye (giant lima, olive oil) (TTC)

Tekirdağ

Mercimekli yaprak dolması (red lentil and bulgur stuffed grape leaves) (TTC)

Mediterranean

Nohut köftesi (chickpea patties) (TTC)

Adana

Kara çorba (wheat berries, chickpeas, cranberry beans, white beans, green lentils) (TTC)
Şehriyeli bulgur pilavı (black-eyed peas, bulgur) (TTC)

Antalya

Fasulye piyazı (white beans, tahini) (TTC, NHTC)
Atsi (red lentil puree) (TTC)

Hatay

Pazı çorbası (swiss chard stems, green lentils, red lentils) (TTC)
Kırmızı mercimek çorbası (red lentil soup) (TTC)
Şeyh mualla (eggplant, green lentils) (TTC)

Kahramanmaraş

Maraş çorbası (wheat berries, chickpeas, red lentils) (TTC)

Mersin

Ekşili Ispanak Başı (green lentils, spinach) (TTC)

Central Asia

Iran

(CII) Batmanglij: Cooking in Iran
(TOP) Duguid: Taste of Persia
آش رشته Ash-e-reshteh (TOP)
آبگوشت Abgusht (lamb, chickpeas) (TOP)
Bâghâli polow (rice, fresh fava) (FFIW)
Addas polow (lentils, rice) (FFIW)
‘Aish shibint wi bajilla (rice, dill, fresh fava) (CLAG)

Southwestern Iran

هواری-ا میگو-ا خشک با عدس havari-e maygu-e khoshk ba adas (lentils, rice, shrimp) (CII)

Isfahan

Halim-e maush qomry-e esfahani (mung bean, kohlrabi) (CII)
Khoresh-e ghermez-e nokodchi-e esfahani (chickpea flour meatballs) (CII)
Kabab-e moshti-e esfahani (chickpeas, meat, carrot) (CII)
Gusht-o lubia-o shivid polow-ye kashani (white beans, lamb, rice) (CII)
Ash-e-abgoureh (mung, split peas) (TOP)

Sistan and Balochistan

Dugh pa-ye sistani (goat, yogurt, split pea) (CII)

Bushehr

Dal (red lentils) (CII)
Sup-e ardeh (barley, tahini, chickpeas, lentils) (CII)
Sup-e daryai-e bandari (chickpeas, fish) (CII)
Maygu-e pofaki (prawns, chickpea flour tempura) (CII)

Hormozgan

Pakurah (chickpea flour, wheat flour) (CII)

Yazd

Osh-e shuly-e yazdi (spinach, beets, lentils) (CII)
Qeymeh-ye yazdi (lamb, split peas, potato) (CII)

Fars

Osh-e sabz-e shirazi (chickpeas, red beans, lentils, lamb, herbs) (CII)
Kufteh-ye sabzi-e shirazi (chickpeas, lamb) (CII)

Western Iran

Hamadan

Osh-e khoshkbar-e hamadani (dried fruit, noodles, lentils, red beans, chickpeas) (CII)
Osh-e halim-o havij-e hamedani (carrot, bulgur, lentils, kidney beans, chickpeas) (CII)

Khuzestan

Falafel-e abadani (chickpeas) (CII)

Arak

Osh-e mast-e araki (split pea, bulgur, yogurt) (CII)
Osh-e jow-e araki (chickpeas, pinto, lentils, barley) (CII)
Dami-e mash-e araki (rice, mung, onions) (CII)

Eastern Iran

Khorasan

Osh-e zershk-e khorasani (barberry, herbs, chickpeas, lentils) (CII)
Osh-e jushvareh-ye sabzevari (spinach, dumplings, lentils) (CII)
Osh-e shalqam-e khorasani (turnip, mung beans, herbs) (CII)
Sholeh-ye mashhadi (lamb, mung, chickpeas, pinto, white beans) (CII)
Qaboli polow-ye bojnurdi (black-eyed peas, chickpeas, lentils, squash, rice) (CII)

Kerman

Osh-e gandom-e kermani (lamb, wheat berries, chickpeas, red beans) (CII)
Boz qormeh-ye kermani (goat, chickpeas) (CII)

Northwestern Iran

Tabriz

Osh-e dugh-e ardebili (yogurt, chickpeas) (CII)
Kufteh tabrizi (yellow split peas, meatballs) (CII)

Gilan

Haleem (lamb, chickpeas) (FFIW)
Baghali ghatog (white bean, dill, eggs) (FFIW)

Northern Iran

Osh-e kuhi (squash, lentils) (CII)
Baqala qataq (duck egg, fresh fava) (CII)

Tehran

Khoresh-e qormeh sabzi (kidney beans, herbs) (CII, FFIW)

Qazvin

Marju khoresh-e qazvini (lentil, lamb, prune) (CII)

Kurdistan

(TOP) Duguid: Taste of Persia
Palpina (purslane soup, lentils) (TOP)

Iraqi Kurdistan

Shley fasouleh (white beans) (TOP)

Iranian Kurdistan

Tarkhineh osh (white beans, chickpeas) (CII)
Khoresh-e tareh-ye kordi (white beans, chives) (CII)

Tajikistan

Piezly nukhat (chickpea and onion stew) (PTT)

Turkmenistan

Unaş (black-eyed peas, fresh noodles)

Uzbekistan

Mashkitchiri (mung beans, rice) (PTT)