In East Asian cuisine the azuki bean is commonly eaten sweetened. In particular, it is often boiled with sugar, resulting in red bean paste, a very common ingredient in all of these cuisines; it is also common to add flavoring to the bean paste, such as chestnut.

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Australia

Adzuki Beans

The chickpea is also known as the garbanzo bean, Indian pea and Ceci Bean. It is an edible legume. Chickpeas are high in protein and one of the earliest cultivated vegetables.

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Australia

Chickpeas

Lentils are one of the best vegetable sources of iron. This makes them an important part of a vegetarian diet, and useful for preventing iron deficiency.

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Canada

Green Lentils

The Mung bean is also known as green bean, choroko bean, mongo bean, moong bean, moog bean, mash bean, munggo bean, green gram, golden gram, and as green soy!

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Australia

Mung Beans

The pinto bean is named for its mottled skin, hence it is a type of mottled bean. It is the most common bean in the United States and northwestern Mexico, and is most often eaten whole in broth or mashed and refried. Either whole or mashed, it is a common filling for burritos.

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USA

Pinto Beans