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Idhli Sambar

Idli sambar is a traditional South Indian breakfast dish consisting of steamed rice cakes (idli) served with a lentil an...

Classic Indian Breakfast South Indian

9.3 Excellent

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Bisi Bele Bath

Bisi Bele Bath is an iconic South Indian bean dish originating in Karnataka. It’s a spiced rice preparation featuring le...

Indian Spiced Rice Lentil

9.1 Excellent

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Rajma Chawal

Rajma Chawal is a traditional North Indian dish featuring slow-cooked kidney beans simmered with spices and served over...

Indian Comfort Food Rice North Indian

9.1 Excellent

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Adas Polo

Adas Polo is an Iranian bean-dish featuring lentils simmered with rice. It’s a staple of Persian cuisine valued for its...

Iranian Dried Fruit Persian Rice

9.0 Excellent

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Gallo Pinto

Gallo pinto is a staple bean dish originating in Central America, particularly Costa Rica. It’s created by combining coo...

Black Bean Breakfast Rice Central American

8.9 Great

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Lentilles du Puy aux Lardons

Lentilles du Puy aux Lardons are a classic French bean dish originating from the Auvergne region. They feature Le Puy gr...

Classic French Auvergne Puy Lentil

8.8 Great

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Tacu Tacu

Tacu Tacu is a staple of Afro-Peruvian cuisine. It features fried rice combined with seasoned lima beans, specifically c...

Peruvian Rice Fried Canary Bean

8.7 Great

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Gallo Pinto (Nicaraguan)

Gallo Pinto is a traditional Nicaraguan bean dish featuring rice cooked with kidney beans. It’s considered the country's...

Breakfast Rice Central American Nicaraguan

8.7 Great

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Mujaddara

Mujaddara is a traditional Arab dish made of cooked lentils and grains, primarily rice or bulgur, topped with crispy fri...

Middle Eastern Caramelized Onion Rice Levantine

8.6 Great

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Moros y Cristianos

Moros y Cristianos is the quintessential Cuban dish of black beans and white rice cooked together, with a name symbolizi...

Cuban Black Bean Caribbean Rice

8.6 Great

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Pelau

Pelau is a widely consumed one-pot rice dish from Trinidad and Tobago that combines caramelized chicken, pigeon peas, an...

Caribbean Rice Trinidadian Pigeon Pea

8.6 Great

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Pupusas de frijol

Salvadoran thick handmade corn tortillas stuffed with refried beans; the pupusa is El Salvador's national dish, official...

Street Food Stuffed Masa Salvadoran

8.6 Great

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Dhal Bhat

The national dish of Nepal, consisting of spiced lentil soup served over steamed rice, eaten daily by the majority of Ne...

Everyday Rice Lentil Nepali

8.5 Great

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Baião de Dois

Baião de dois is a hearty Brazilian stew originating in the Northeast region, featuring rice and cowpea beans cooked tog...

Classic Brazilian Rice Northeastern

8.4 Great

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Mchadi and lobio

Mchadi and lobio is a Georgian pairing of fried cornbread (mchadi) with a spiced bean stew (lobio), representing a found...

Classic Georgian Bean Platter

8.1 Great

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Frijoles de la olla

A Mexican preparation of beans slow-simmered in a clay pot (olla) with water and minimal seasoning, forming the foundati...

Classic Staple Mexican Bean

7.9 Good

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Panissa vercellese

Traditional Piedmontese rice dish from Vercelli, Italy, cooked with borlotti beans, salame della duja (pork salami prese...

Italian Piedmont Rice Bean

7.8 Good

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Moro de guandules

A Dominican staple of rice cooked together with pigeon peas and sofrito, traditionally prepared for Christmas and major...

Classic Caribbean Dominican Rice

7.8 Good

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Chapea

A traditional Dominican stew combining red beans, plantains, rice, and meat, considered a rustic comfort food representi...

Caribbean Soup Dominican Rice

7.4 Good

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Pork and beans

An American dish of white beans cooked with pork, commercially pioneered by Van Camp's in the 1860s and subsequently mas...

Classic American Pork Canned

6.6 Fair