Black turtle bean
{{short description|Small, shiny variety of the common bean}}
{{nutritionalvalue
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| kJ = 552
| carbs = 23.71
| sugars = 0.32
| fiber = 8.7
| fat = 0.54
| satfat = 0.139
| transfat = 0
| monofat = 0.047
| polyfat = 0.231
| protein = 8.86
| water = 65.74 g
| vitA_ug = 0
| vitA_iu = 6
| thiamin_mg = 0.244
| riboflavin_mg = 0.059
| niacin_mg = 0.505
| vitB6_mg = 0.069
| folate_ug = 149
| vitB12_ug = 0
| vitC_mg = 0
| vitD_ug = 0
| vitE_mg = 0.87
| vitK_ug = 3.3
| calcium_mg = 27
| iron_mg = 2.10
| magnesium_mg = 70
| phosphorus_mg = 140
| potassium_mg = 355
| sodium_mg = 237
| zinc_mg = 1.12
| source_usda = 1
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The black turtle bean is a small, shiny variety of the common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) especially popular in Latin American cuisine, though it can also be found in the Cajun and Creole cuisines of south Louisiana. Like all varieties of the common bean, it is native to the Americas,{{cite news |first=Julia |last=Moskin |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/28/dining/black-bean-soup-recipe-video.html |newspaper=New York Times |title=Rediscovering Bean Soup |date=February 28, 2017}} but has been introduced around the world. It is also used in Indian cuisine, Tamil cuisine, where it is known as karuppu kaaramani and in Maharashtrian cuisine, where it is known as kala ghevada. It is widely used in Uttrakhand, where it is also known as "bhatt". It is a rich source of iron and protein. The black turtle bean is often simply called the black bean ({{Lang|es|frijoles negros}}, {{Lang|es|zaragoza}}, {{Lang|es|judía negra}}, {{Lang|es|poroto negro}}, {{Lang|es|caraota negra}}, or {{Lang|es|habichuela negra}} in Spanish; and {{Lang|pt|feijão preto}} in Portuguese), although this terminology can cause confusion with at least three other types of black beans.
The black turtle bean is the only type of turtle bean. It is called turtle because of its hard outer "shell".{{cite web |last=Ware |first=Megan |title=Black beans: Health benefits, facts, and research |website=Medical and health information |date=10 January 2018 |url=https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/289934 |access-date=4 May 2023}}
It is not to be confused with douchi, the Chinese dish made with black hulled soybeans.
Background
File:Black beans (1126927794).jpg
The black bean has a dense, meaty texture, which makes it popular in vegetarian dishes, such as frijoles negros and the Mexican-American black bean burrito. It is a very popular bean in various regions of Brazil, and is used in the national dish, feijoada. It is also a main ingredient of Moros y Cristianos in Cuba, is a required ingredient in the typical gallo pinto of Costa Rica and Nicaragua, is a fundamental part of Pabellón criollo in Venezuela, and is served in almost all of Latin America, as well as many Hispanic enclaves in the United States. In the Dominican Republic cuisine, it is also used for a variation of the Moros y Cristianos simply called Moro de habichuelas negras. The black turtle bean is also popular as a soup ingredient. In Cuba, black bean soup is a traditional dish, usually served with white rice. Black beans sticky rice is a Thai dessert.[https://www.gritsandpinecones.com/purple-hull-peas/ Purple Hull Peas]
The bean was first widely grown in the present-day United States after the Mexican–American War (1846–1848). However, initially the variety was primarily grown as a snap pea (for the edible seed pod).{{cite web |url=https://www.motherearthnews.com/organic-gardening/vegetables/heirloom-bean-varieties-zewz1302zsch#Turtle%20Bean%20or%20Turtle%20Soup%20Bean |publisher=Mother Earth News |title=Heirloom Bean Varieties |date=February 15, 2013}}
It is also common to keep the boiled water of these beans (which acquires a black coloring) and consume it as a soup with other ingredients for seasoning (known as sopa negra, black soup, or as sopa de frijoles, bean soup), as a broth (caldo de frijol, bean broth) or to season or color other dishes (aforementioned gallo pinto, for example).
Samples of black turtle beans were reported in 2006 to contain total anthocyanins in their dried seed coats of 0−2.78 mg/g.{{cite journal |url=https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jf0304021 |vauthors=Choung MG, Choi BR, An YN, Chu YH, Cho YS |title=Anthocyanin profile of Korean cultivated kidney bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) |journal=J Agric Food Chem |date=2003 |volume=51 |issue=24 |pages=7040–3 |doi=10.1021/jf0304021|pmid=14611168 |bibcode=2003JAFC...51.7040C }}
Gallery
File:Black beans, cheese, tortilla close-up.jpg|Cooked whole black turtle beans on tortillas
File:Black bean dip.jpg|A bean dip from black beans
File:Corn and black bean salad.jpg|Salad with corn and beans
See also
References
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External links
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20210326004601/http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=2 The World's Healthiest Foods - Black Beans]
- [https://sanavidal.com/blogs/news/unlocking-the-nutritional-power-of-sprouted-black-bean-flour-ideal-for-black-bean-brownies Unlocking the Nutritional Power of Sprouted Black Bean Flour]
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