Can refer to any of the varieties of beans that we humans enjoy eating (navy beans, kidney beans, etc. – or even green beans), but when an Ohio farmer talks about “planting beans,†he or she is almost always referring to soybeans.
Cooked as part of a stew, boiled on their own, mixed with puthu into a thick mush, or pounded with puthu into a dish called isithwalaphishi.
Common. Several varieties and inexpensive
Beans, Peas Interchangeable terms for red kidney beans, black beans, black-eyed peas, pigeon peas (gandules), and yellow and green lentils. Often combined with rice, used in soups and stews or pulped and made into fritters.
There are many varieties of bean; they can be divided into two main groups: those with edible pods (green beans), including the French bean and the runner bean, and those of which only the seeds are eaten, such as haricot beans.
BLACK-EYED: Also known as black-eyed peas; small beige legumes with black circular eyes. Available dried or tinned. HARICOT: Small white variety of common beans; sold dried or tinned. RED KIDNEY: Pink to marron beans with a flavoury texture and fairly sweet flavour; sold dried or tinned.
A major ingredient or side dish for most Latin cooking, beans are served in many varieties, depending on the country, region or preference. Some common types include black turtle beans, navy beans and pinto beans.
These highly nutritious seeded pods of various legumes are among the oldest foods known to humanity, dating back to prehistoric times.