Goodness Organic Mung Beans 500g

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A small green bean, most commonly sprouted

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Product Details

If your concept of including mung in your diet means topping off a salad with a few bean sprouts, think again. Mung beans can be used to create main dishes, salads, soups, spreads, savories, beverages and desserts. Mung beans combine well with a host of grains and flours, vegetables and greens, tart fruit, other sprouts, spices and herbs, and even rice, soy or nut milks.

Mung beans are small cylindrical beans with a bright green skin and yellow insides. They are eaten whole, split with skins on, split and hulled, or sprouted. They are used extensively in both Indian and Chinese cooking.

Serving Suggestion

The Mung bean are sweet,soft and are easily digested when cooked. Add to soups and stews or cold in salads. When sprouted the mung bean is a good source of Vitamin C, eat raw or lightly stir fried.

Cooking Instructions

Soak overnight, bring to the boil in fresh water and cook for approx 1 hour.

Ingredients

Just organic mung beans and nothing else.

Nutritional Information

Per 100g: Enery 981kJ/231kcal, Protein 22g, Carbohydrate 35.6g, fat 1.0g.

Cautions

Packed in a factory that handles nuts.

Other Information

Also known as 'Green Gram'.

Recipe

Mung Bean Casserole

A substantial and warming dish that's also very healthy.
Recipe for Mung Bean Casserole
Mung beans are among my favorite legumes. They're most often used in Indian and Chinese cooking, but they add taste and substance to western dishes too. With their rich, creamy texture, they're also great in salads. And their health credentials are excellent: zero cholesterol, negligible fat, high in protein and dietary fibre, and a good source of calcium and iron.
This mung bean casserole is a particularly tasty recipe, and one that shows off the bean to perfection. It's quick and easy to make (apart from the overnight soaking of the beans), especially as you can do most of the preparation in advance.
The quantities given here will make two very substantial portions.

½ cup (3 oz, 75 g) dried mung beans
4 - 6 medium potatoes
Oil for frying
1 onion, sliced and chopped
2 large carrots, sliced
2 large sticks of celery, sliced
4 - 6 mushrooms, sliced
2 cups (16 fl oz, 480 ml) vegetable stock
½ tsp. miso (if available)
salt and pepper to taste

Oven: Pre-heat to 400F (200C)
Cover the mung beans with about three times their volume of cold water, and leave to soak overnight.
Drain and rinse the beans. Add them to a pan of boiling water. Boil rapidly for ten minutes, then turn down the heat and let them simmer for another ten minutes or until completely cooked. When ready, drain the beans and rinse in a sieve under running water.
While the beans are cooking, peel the potatoes and cut into quarters. Boil in salted water for about ten minutes, or until they're just beginning to soften.
Heat the oil in a pan. Add the onion, and cook gently for a few minutes. Then add the carrots, celery and mushrooms. Continue cooking until the vegetables are starting to become tender. Add the stock, miso and seasoning, and cook for another five minutes.
Add the cooked beans, potatoes and vegetables to an oven dish. Cook in the oven, covered, for 30 minutes.

Organic, Vegetarian

Customer reviews - Goodness Organic Mung Beans 500g

Reviews

Great for beansprouts - Sat 21st May 2011
It's the first time I try to make my own beansprouts and they were so good!
These mung beans are top quality, and good value.
Reviewer's Name: Gaelle Chassery

- Wed 6th Jul 2011
These are great and really healthy when sprouted. I soak them overnight, then leave them in a dish to sprout, rinsing with water a couple of times a day, it's really simple. You can then use the sprouts in salads or stirfries to boost the nutrients and protein in a dish.
Reviewer's Name: Anna K

Just delicious! - Sun 7th Aug 2011
These are just my absolutely favourite beans! They make great sprouts, and are perfect for Indian dhal dishes. Or mix them into soups and casseroles. AND try this - soak beans overnight, then cook gently in minimum amount of water, and a little sea salt. Add some sesame oil, and eat them just like that. You won't believe how amazing is their 'naked' flavour!
Reviewer's Name: Ms Melanie R Reinhart

- Sat 10th Sep 2011
Excellent for sprouting.
Reviewer's Name: Ms N S Waite

great for sprouting - Mon 23rd Jan 2012
These are very easy to sprout and they look prettier and have a milder taste than aduki beans sprouts. Otherwise, they are tasty in an infinite number of dishes, Asian and European alike, and like all beans possess an exceptionally good nutritional profile.
Reviewer's Name: Mira S.

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