Fried bean cake

Lablab purpureus (family Leguminosae Papilionoideae) Lablab bean is indigenous to South-East Asia and has been introduced in Africa and other tropical and subtropical countries. It is eaten cooked, as dhal, and sometimes used as a substitute for broad beans in the preparation of fried bean cake tanniah ... 

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The Mexicans and South Americans grind peas and beans into a meal which is then made into little cakes and fried. All kinds of cereals are eaten as bread the world over, millet being erne of the most popular in the East. Should the war continue for a number of years, it is just possible that the American people may be compelled to make the acquaintance of other breadstuffs than those to which they are accustomed. ... 

In 1665, Friar Domingo Navarette described tofii as a common and cheap food of China. They drew the milk out of the Kidney-Beans and turning it, make great Cakes of it like Cheeses... All the Mass is as white as the very Snow... Alone it is insipid, but very good dress d as I say and excellent fry d in Butter. It is incredible what vast quantities of it are consum d in China, and very hard to conceive there should be such abundance of Kidney-Beans. That Chinese who has Teu Fu tofu) herbs and rice, need no other sustenance to work... (Cummins, 1962). 

USA, South America, Angola, Zaire and New Zealand. The beans are boiled or fried and often eaten with rice and ground flour they are also used in the preparation of cakes and sweetmeats. The beans are also candied. 

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