4,170 besan recipes

Homemade hummus made from dried chickpeas cooked from scratch, blended with tahini, fresh lemon juice, garlic, and olive oil. Cooking your own chickpeas gives a creamier, smoother dip than canned.

Crispy Vietnamese imperial rolls (cha gio) with ground pork, tree-ear mushrooms, bean sprouts, and bean thread noodles. Includes a homemade nuoc cham dipping sauce.

Elegant French pastry with puff pastry, vanilla pastry cream, and glazed apricot halves resembling sunny-side eggs. A playful Michel Richard classic.

Falafel in pita pockets: cumin and coriander-spiced chickpea patties stuffed into warm pita bread. A Middle Eastern street food staple made quickly at home.

Chinese-style char siu pork strips marinated in soy sauce, hoisin, five spice, rice wine, and red bean curd, then oven-roasted and glazed with honey. Serve as a main course or slice thin for appetizers.

The grilled chicken adds the "pop" to this traditional tex-mex recipe. I made this on game day for my boyfriend and me, and it was a hit!

Greek linguini with spinach, chickpeas, golden raisins, olive oil, and crushed red pepper. A vegan pasta dish with sweet-savory Mediterranean flavors ready in 30 minutes.

Flaky whole wheat pasties stuffed with spiced vegetables and chickpeas. Portable, filling handheld pies with cumin, coriander, and garlic that bake up golden and crisp.

Classic Chinese Buddhist vegetable stir-fry with ten ingredients including cloud ear fungus, lily buds, bean thread noodles, and soy-spiced bean curd. A traditional Lunar New Year dish loaded with earthy, umami-rich flavors.

It could be a soup or even a chili, it's up to you. Very easy to modify this recipe to your own desires. If you like, kick it up a notch and serve dolloped with sour cream, shredded cheese and/or crushed corn chips!

Katish's cheesecake: a light, souffle-style cream cheese cake on a zwieback crust, lifted with whipped egg whites and scented with real vanilla bean. Old-world elegance.

Revithia Soupa, a traditional Greek chickpea soup with just dried chickpeas, onion, olive oil, and lemon juice. Four ingredients, vegan, pure simplicity.

Revithia soupa, a traditional Greek chickpea soup with just olive oil, onion, and lemon. Six simple ingredients simmered low and slow for a velvety, comforting bowl.

Simple chickpea soup made from dried garbanzo beans simmered with onion and olive oil. Finished with lemon juice or vinegar for a bright, comforting Mediterranean-style broth.

Revithia soupa is a traditional Greek chickpea soup simmered with onion and olive oil until creamy, served with a squeeze of lemon juice. Just 6 ingredients and vegan.

Falafel golden domes fry chickpea-herb patties to crispy perfection, stuffed into pita with tomato, lemon, and drizzles of tahini sauce. The Middle Eastern street-food classic done right at home.