Posted by Nez | Feb 18th, 2010

Nilagang Monggo (Stewed Mung Beans)

Stewing is another way of preparing mung beans or monggo. This recipe is easier to cook than the Sauteed Monggo Beans that I posted previously. Just place all the main ingredient in a pot with water, boil it, wait until cooked,  season it and eat it. Some season it with plain salt but as a Pangasinense, I love the monggo beans with the salty taste of boneless fish sauce or locally known as Bagoong. The combination...

Posted by Nez | Sep 2nd, 2009

Ginisang Monggo (Sauteed Mung Beans)

Royce asked me to cook beans for dinner but wasn’t able to ask him of what beans he wanted. I have red, white, mung and black beans in our storage. Red beans are commonly known as chili beans, white are those we usually find in canned pork and beans, mung beans are the most popular seeds in the country and are also called munggo or monggo, lastly, black beans are popular American legumes. Since I was craving...