mung beans
Legumes

mung beans

Small green legumes that cook quickly and are easy to digest.

Usual recipe measure
Usually measured in g
Recipes using this ingredient
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In the kitchen

How it's used

Used cooked in curries, stews, porridges, and soups. Nutrition figures and recipe quantities use cooked weight, suitable for a batch-cooked or frozen portion.

Pairs well with

Pair with turmeric or cumin for digestive and anti-inflammatory benefits.

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Recipes that use mung beans

MealSouth Asian

Golden Mung Kheer

A saffron-cardamom mung and millet kheer with cool soy yogurt, vivid mango-lime purรฉe and toasted almond-hemp-goji crunch.

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MealAmerican

Caesar's Crunch Salad

A vegan take on Caesar salad - crispy seared smoked tofu standing in for croutons, over massaged kale and herbed quinoa, with a creamy cashew-caper-mustard dressing.

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MealSouth Asian

Kitchari Comfort Pot

A gentle South Asian rice, mung bean and red lentil comfort pot with turmeric-cumin tempering, cool yogurt, sweet red pepper kachumber and pumpkin-seed crunch.

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Nutrition notebook

What 100 g contributes

Nutrition summary

At a glance

Higher inFolateFibre

Calories

78kcal

36% cal

Protein

7.0g

59% cal

Carbs

11.5g

4% cal

Fat

0.4g

Small numbers, big impact

Everyday essentials

Fibre7.60g
Vitamin B120.00ฮผg
Vitamin D0.00ฮผg
Iodine0.00ฮผg
Iron1.40mg
Zinc0.84mg
Calcium27.00mg

Nutrition values are estimates and can vary with variety, brand, cooking method and water content.