ever wondered what's inside the philippine's "lumpiang munggo" or vegetable spring roll in english?, "lumpia basah" in indonesia? or "lunpia" in hokien chinese dialect? with all the countries mentioned above there is just one common denominator to this famous vegetable spring roll and that is the mung bean sprout! try this unique side dish of 3 nations as we exclude the wrapper of the famous spring roll to see, learn, re-invent and taste this new exciting dish cooked and served the other way around! another first by 2pr that is served right here exclusively on ifood.tv!

Ingredients

	Snow peas/Chinese peas	200 Gram, washed and halved (still in pod)
	French beans/Baguio beans in the philippines)	200 Gram (still in pod)
	Mung bean sprout	500 Gram
	Carrots	1 Medium, diagonally & thinly sliced
	Onion	1 , thinly sliced
	Ground black peppercorn	To Taste
	Water	1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
	Soy sauce	50 Milliliter
	Sesame oil	1 Tablespoon
	Sugar	1 Teaspoon
	Oil	2 Cup (32 tbs) (For frying and saute)

Nutrition Facts

Serving size

Calories 1044 Calories from Fat 844

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 96 g147%

Saturated Fat 12.5 g62.3%

Trans Fat 0 g

Cholesterol 0 mg

Sodium 582.1 mg24.3%

Total Carbohydrates 40 g13.4%

Dietary Fiber 13.9 g55.8%

Sugars 5.7 g

Protein 13 g26.5%

Vitamin A 49.5% Vitamin C 47.7%

Calcium 10.5% Iron 14.1%

*Based on a 2000 Calorie diet

Directions

in a wok or sauce pan heat oil. saute onion until transluscent. add the meat (chicken or pork)-optional!, stir fry until light brown. add carrots, french beans, snow peas or chinese peas. stir fry for few seconds.
add the soy sauce and stir. immediately add the water, sesame oil, ground peppercorn and sugar. stir and finally add the mung bean sprout. mix and stir until the sauce is all over the ingredients. cover and wait for it to simmer.
once it simmers,turn off heat and mix once more and serve immediately.

Comments

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sukace says :

Looks delicious and healthy. Thanks for sharing. Kumar

Posted on: 3 June 2008 - 9:19pm

2pr says :

i was thinking of doing something special that day after my boss send a message saying "there's no work today" and i should take a rest. so what i did, stayed at the kitchen and look for something to cook in a different manner. and this was the product! as a matter of fact, i really want to eat this again, it really taste good! ^_^

Posted on: 29 April 2008 - 3:25pm