So, a culture that came from the East - an unusual type of green beans, fresh-looking and very attractive.Due to the bright color delicious salad and want to add them to the traditional dishes.After all, white and red beans have to be fed, while mung bean has a light nutty flavor and a delicate aftertaste.But how to cook mung bean to exhibit all these qualities?
Traditionally, these beans are cooked Turks.There they are in Chinese, Thai and Japanese cuisine, even the sea.Especially revered Mungo Hindus - even their name comes from the Sanskrit.So if you go to Indonesia and Indochina, there is something for sure tell you how to cook mash.
It is used both as a whole and into crushed form as unpolished and to free from the top layer of husks.Especially popular now sprouted mung bean salad, nutritious, with a creamy taste.After all, these beans are composed of 24% protein, and can serve a full substitute for meat or eggs in various diets.In addition, mung bean contains much more fiber and vitamins than food from cereals.Because he is revered wise men from the East.
How are these exotic beans?In view of mung bean - small and round, dark green salad or shade with a bright speck.It somehow confused with beans, but he did not even belong to this genus.By the way, the Indians, who know how to cook mung bean a hundred different ways, called him dishes from the general term "given."To fry, extinguish, boil or cook the beans in another way, they do not need to soak, such as beans.It unties the hands of housewives and simplifies the cooking process.
And another interesting fact: the soybean sprouts in supermarkets - is often sprouted mung bean.And it's nice that even nutritionists recommend eating it raw and lightly soaked in water.Although it can be prepared from the more interesting types of dishes.Get at least the same given his prepared themselves Hindus.You need the following ingredients: 5 cups coconut milk, 1 onion, cilantro, crushed glass mung, melted butter, 2 teaspoons black mustard seeds, spices (turmeric best fit and cumin), you can also add green chili - no more than two peppercorns.
How to cook mung bean in this way?Chops onions, fry in melted butter with the mustard seeds until soft.Then add the turmeric, cumin and chopped chilli.After 2 minutes of cooking you want to add mung beans, a little water and coconut milk.Boil for some 15-20 minutes.Pour cilantro just before serving.
There are other interesting dishes from mung bean, for example, a salad of sprouted beans.
will need about 200 g Mungo who need pre-soak in cold water.To sprouted mung bean, you must leave it in a cool and sunny, this day or two.You can cover or gauze.Make sure that it does not rotted and moldy.
now preparing a salad out of it.To begin with mung bean sprouts need to boil a little - no more than 1.5 minutes in boiling water, to not lose the freshness.Then fold in a colander, pour the oil in which the pre-fry the onion.Seasonings - salt, pepper, vinegar and garlic to taste.
