What Are Mung beans and How Can I Use Them?
Mung beans is easier to cook with than it looks. Here's how to choose, use, and store them, what to substitute, and 25 recipes to get you started.
Nutrition
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1 cup (207g)Food group
Mung beans are a member of the Legumes and Legume Products US Department of Agriculture nutritional food group.
How much do mung beans weigh?
| Amount | Weight |
|---|---|
| 1 cup | 207 grams |
Related
Legumes and Legume Products
| In Chinese: | 绿豆 | |
| British (UK) term: | Mung beans | |
| en français: | haricots mungo | |
| en español: | frijol mungo |
Recipes using mung beans
There are 25 recipes that contain this ingredient.
Pad Thai - Vegetarian
Vegetarian Pad Thai with rice noodles, scrambled eggs, mung bean sprouts, grated carrots, and crushed peanuts in a tangy lime-fish sauce. Ready in 30 minutes.
Mung Bean Pancakes - Bindae Duk
Bring a little bit of the Eastern Hemisphere into your household with these pancakes made of mung beans and kim chee.
Black Lychee Tea Smoked Lobster & Mango
Lobster smoked over black lychee tea, brown sugar, and rice, then wrapped in rice paper with ripe mango, jicama, fresh herbs, and bean thread noodles. A spicy mango-sambal dipping sauce ties it all together.
Carrot & Mung Bean Salad
A highly flavourful warm salad made with mung beans. Mung beans are a superfood rich in minerals such as magnesium, potassium, folic acid, zinc and iron. They are also an excellent source of protein and fibre.
Thai-Style Seafood Casserole with Basil
Crab, shrimp, fish, and squid braised in a clay pot with ginger, coriander root, mung bean noodles, and fresh basil in a soy-oyster sauce. A spectacular Thai seafood feast for four.
Vegetable Pullao
Indian vegetable pullao with sprouted mung beans, long grain rice, green beans, and mushrooms seasoned with garam masala and popping mustard seeds. Oven-finished for fluffy, separate grains.
Fish Broth with Oysters & Saffron
Fish broth with oysters and saffron simmers a homemade fish fumet with juniper, leeks, and white wine, then adds clams, just-curled oysters, mung bean threads, radicchio, and saffron at serving. A delicate, restaurant-style seafood consomme.
Saag Vali Khichri
Saag vali khichri is a soothing Indian rice and mung bean porridge stirred with fresh spinach, cumin, coriander, and ghee. Nourishing comfort food with Ayurvedic roots, gentle on the stomach and big on warming spice.
Mung Bean Pastries
Thai mung bean pastries (khanom thuay) with a sweet mung bean flour base topped with coconut-rice flour cream and toasted yellow mung beans. A colorful, no-bake Thai dessert.
Mung Bean Pastries
Thai mung bean pastries (khanom thuay) with a sweet mung bean flour base topped with coconut-rice flour cream and toasted yellow mung beans. A colorful, no-bake Thai dessert.
Sweet Rice Cakes Stuffed with Yellow Beans
Thai sweet rice cakes (khanom tom) stuffed with yellow mung beans, coated in coconut and sesame sugar. Chewy, sweet-savory dumplings with a unique double-coating finish.
Peanut Buttery Stir-Fry
Vegetarian peanut butter stir-fry with crispy tofu, crunchy vegetables, and a ginger-garlic peanut sauce served over brown rice. Vegan-friendly with soy milk.
Vegetable Dahl Soup
Creamy Indian dahl soup blended silky smooth with split peas, mung beans, basmati rice, and vegetables. Spiced with garam masala, cumin, coriander, and a hit of asafetida.
Moong Samosa (Mung Bean Pastry)
Moong samosa filled with spiced mung beans, asafetida, mustard seeds, and amchur (green mango powder), deep-fried in ghee until golden. A vegetarian Indian snack with bold, tangy flavor.
Thai Rice Noodles
Stir-fried rice noodles tossed with garlic, ginger, shredded cabbage, bean sprouts, and fresh basil, finished with crushed peanuts and lime. A vegan Thai noodle dish ready in under 40 minutes.
Stir Fry Lentils & Beans
Red lentils, adzuki beans, and mung beans sauteed in sesame oil with mushrooms, water chestnuts, and warm spices like marjoram and nutmeg. A high-protein, plant-based stir-fry that's hearty and filling.
Mung Dal with Black Mustard Seeds
Mung dal with black mustard seeds, turmeric, and ginger, finished with a hot ghee tadka of sputtering mustard seeds and green chile. A traditional Indian lentil dish with bright, bold tempering.
Mung Bean Dhal
Mung beans are a great source of plant protein, fiber and minerals such as iron, zinc and potassium (needed to regulate blood pressure).
Mung Beans with Brown Sugar
Thai-style sweet mung bean soup with brown sugar and fresh ginger, simmered until creamy. A warm, comforting 3-ingredient Asian dessert that's naturally vegan and high in protein.
Five Dahl Soup
Five dahl soup, an Indian vegetarian classic blending mung beans, pigeon peas, chickpeas, and yellow and green split peas with ghee, turmeric, ginger, and a fragrant tarka of cumin, chilies, and asafetida.
Spicy Mung Bean Pate
Baked Indian-spiced mung bean paté with cauliflower, ginger, jalapeño, cumin, and turmeric. Vegan, gluten-free, and makes stunning little tarts or a sliceable loaf.
Gobhi Mung
Gobhi mung simmers split yellow mung beans with cauliflower, potatoes, and turmeric, finished with a sizzling cumin-ghee tarka. North Indian vegetarian comfort dish.
Usal (A Mung-Bean Curry)
Usal is a spiced Indian mung bean curry with cumin, turmeric, coriander, ginger, and garlic simmered in tomato. Vegetarian, high-protein, and ready in 40 minutes. Serve with rice or flatbread.
Spicy Whole Mung (or lentil) Beans
I made this dish and thought it was too bland. I made it again, doubling all the Indian spices, and it came out much better.
Buddhist Monk's Soup
Creamy vegan Buddhist soup with pumpkin, sweet potato, mung beans, peanuts, and fried tofu in rich coconut milk broth. A nourishing one-pot meal with 120+ reviews.
