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I have noticed that many cultures have some kind of grain + legume dish in their diets, some relatively new and some very old. This combination gives you all the human dietary essential amino acids from (cheap) plant sources. For example:
  • Beans on toast (UK)
  • Hummus & pita (Middle East)
  • Doubles - chickpea curry & fried bread (Trinidad)
  • Red beans & rice (Cajun)
  • Black beans over rice (South/Central America)
  • Rice & dal (India)
  • Paan & parippu - bread and lentil curry (Sri Lanka)
  • Koshary - rice, pasta & lentils (Egypt)
  • Pasta e fagioli - pasta & beans (Italy)
I've eaten all of these and have enjoyed them - other than the pasta e fagioli which I'm going to try as soon as possible. Do you know of any others?
 
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In Japanese cuisine, beans and rice are used for creating desserts.

Rice flour is used to make mochi. And various types of beans are made into a sweetened paste that is stuffed inside the mochi.
 
Peanut butter on wheat sandwich is a complete protein. And there is quinoa all by itself for the win. We eat mostly vegan in our house. Once a week we have a quinoa night, and two rice+beans nights. And add in broccoli + spinach for even more protein. The cheapest diets are also by far the healthiest.
 
Darson said:
I have noticed that many cultures have some kind of grain + legume dish in their diets, some relatively new and some very old. This combination gives you all the human dietary essential amino acids from (cheap) plant sources. For example:
  • Beans on toast (UK)
  • Hummus & pita (Middle East)
  • Doubles - chickpea curry & fried bread (Trinidad)
  • Red beans & rice (Cajun)
  • Black beans over rice (South/Central America)
  • Rice & dal (India)
  • Paan & parippu - bread and lentil curry (Sri Lanka)
  • Koshary - rice, pasta & lentils (Egypt)
  • Pasta e fagioli - pasta & beans (Italy)
I've eaten all of these and have enjoyed them - other than the pasta e fagioli which I'm going to try as soon as possible. Do you know of any others?
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As a UK citizen, however, beans on toast is perhaps one of the most overrated 'meals' (if you can call it that) ever. Awful stuff.
 
ekricket said:
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I'm going to categorize this as Lebanese rice or riz bi sh'arieh. I'm assuming Lebanese rice pre-dates rice-a-roni :)

TheDuke said:
In Japanese cuisine, beans and rice are used for creating desserts.

Rice flour is used to make mochi. And various types of beans are made into a sweetened paste that is stuffed inside the mochi.
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That reminded me of another one - red bean pau. I guess moon cake is also in this category.
 

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