Sauteed Mung Bean Stew Recipe

looking for a healthy food alternative? or a food to enhance memory while preparing for a bar exam or med licensure exam? try this very unique way of cooking mung beans! mung beans are commonly used in chinese cuisine, as well as in thailand, india, korea, japan, and other southeast asian nations.
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Summary

Preparation Time10 MinCooking Time45 Min
Ready In55 MinDifficulty LevelEasy
Health IndexHealthyServings4
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Recipe Story

Mung beans maybe eaten either whole (with or without skins) or as bean sprouts. my physiology professor in med school used to tell us before that mung beans are a good food for the brain. he says that mung are good food alternative while studying or preparing for an exam for mung beans can give a certain content or enzyme that our brain needs when we are studying and will eventually increases the blood supply to our brain. i oftenly hear my parents (who are nurses) that peanuts were the one's who are "food for the brain". anyway much have been said, mung beans are nutritiously healthy either way.

Ingredients

 Mung beans250 Gram
 Moong250 Gram
 Water5 Cup (80 tbs)
 Garlic5 Clove (25 gm), crushed (Peeled)
 Onion1 Medium (Thinly Sliced Or Chopped)
 Tomato2 , chopped
 Dried fish/Smoked milk fish. or pork about 1/4 kilo300 Gram, sliced into small thin strips. (About 1/4 Kilo)
 Moringa leaves/Bitter gard leaves1 Cup (16 tbs)
 Moringa/Bitter gourd leaves1 Cup (16 tbs)
 Cooking oil5 Tablespoon
 Fish sauce5 Tablespoon

Nutrition Facts

Serving size

Calories 891 Calories from Fat 197

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 22 g34.4%

Saturated Fat 3.5 g17.6%

Trans Fat 0 g

Cholesterol 114 mg38%

Sodium 7013.4 mg292.2%

Total Carbohydrates 93 g31.2%

Dietary Fiber 26.6 g106.2%

Sugars 13.4 g

Protein 82 g164.1%

Vitamin A 167.1% Vitamin C 97.2%

Calcium 46.3% Iron 77.3%

*Based on a 2000 Calorie diet

Directions

I. pour the mung beans in a bowl of water to clean it and remove the beans that floats. drain.
II. in a pot, place the cleaned mung beans in 5 cups of water and cook on low heat until soft or about an hour.
III. in a another pot, saute the onion, garlic then followed by the tomato. once the tomato softens, reduce heat.
IV. now add the dried or smoked fish or pork strips. toss, and heat through and be sure not to overcook.
V. once the sautéed fish/pork is almost cooked, add the softened mung beans. also add the whole chili if preffered. in low heat, stir and simmer for another 5 minutes.
VI. add fish sauce or salt to taste and stir.
VII. add moringa or bitter gard leaves, stir and turn off heat. cover for few minutes to let leaves be cooked.
best serve while still hot and steamy.

Comments

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shantihhh says :

This sounds wonderful-a must try soon recipe! Shanti/Mary-Anne
Posted on: 21 April 2008 - 10:05pm
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2pr says :

thanks for the comment! about your question, actually that can be done and i've done it sooo many times but only when i use beef as substitute! and it will surely taste well if not better. some of the ingredients will be changed. now instead of using fish or pork, now replace it with beef with some bone marrow cut into 3-4 inch sizes, omit the tomato in the saute and instead of using fish sauce and salt, better use anchovy sauce (it's actually the origin of fish sauce it's just that the anchovies are filtered). be cautious in pouring this sauce to your stew for it might get a little too salty to be eaten. unless of course, you prefer it salty (just like me :D). the rest of the ingredients, still remains. after saute (onion and garlic), pour all the ingredients in the pressure cooker, just be sure the mung beans have been washed and the floaters have been removed. now the cooking time will depend on the beef and not the mung beans anymore. but one thing is for sure, you will save some time doing this.
Posted on: 21 April 2008 - 3:53pm
Snigdha profile page

Snigdha says :

How about pressure cooking the mung beans. That way they cook faster and yet retain their nutritional value! Good recipe.
Posted on: 21 April 2008 - 3:20pm
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Ganesh Dutta says :

This Sauteed Mung Bean Stew Recipe is wonderful. Good to know that it is healthy also. During examination perieod it would be a great choice. Especially thanks for showing importance of this recipe. It is an Excellent style.
Posted on: 19 April 2008 - 5:17am
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