Sunday, June 19, 2016

Mung Bean Recipes And Their Various Benefits

By Sandra Campbell


Sometimes, you might want to try something new in the kitchen. This can be incorporating a vegetable or meat you rarely use, or even cutting some things from your diet. One very healthy way to do this is by trying a mung bean recipes. These beans are normally pale yellow, green, or black in color and are also referred to as green grams. They can be bought when whole, split and peeled, or even ground.

Beans can sometimes be inconvenient to cook, especially if you are in a hurry. This is mainly because they might need to be soaked before boiling. With green grams, as mung beans are commonly called, soaking them is optional. For recipes where you need to add them before boiling, soak them for two hours, or even overnight.

Once you start using these legumes, you will discover the various ways you can prepare them. This can be by putting them in a vegetable stew, in a curry, as part of your desert, or even in a soup. Their versatility is one thing that makes them very attractive to many cooks. They can also be cooked on their own, and eaten with bread or rice.

One easy way to cook them is to stew them on their own. You will just need to add them to the pan where you are cooking onions and tomatoes. After the tomatoes are well done, you can add the pre-boiled mung beans and leave them to simmer for a while. You can add coriander, garlic, curry powder, some chili, and some turmeric, to season the food. You can also make the dish a bit more coastal, by adding some coconut milk to the boiling food.

For people who are on a vegan diet, adding mung beans to their meals will provide them with a good source of protein. Although meat and dairy products still have more protein than most plants, the protein from legumes has the added advantage of having less saturated fats, and cholesterol. These beans also have protease inhibitors. These slow down the replication of most cancer cells, therefore slowing the growth of tumors.

Most lentils and legumes have a bad name, due to giving people gas, and leaving you feeling bloated. With mung beans, however, this is not to be of concern. These high fiber foods are good for digestion and combat constipation, while also reducing the bad cholesterol in your body.

If you have liver trouble, eating these plants may be good for you. They have high levels of lecithin, which has been shown to reduce liver fat. Eating them in small potions daily or a few times a week, has also been seen to reduce high blood pressure, and is also good for the heart.

Most people take a lot of concoctions in a bid to assist your body get rid of harmful toxins. Eating a few servings of these plants every week, will help your body to do this. You skin will also look better, as it will boost the production of collagen.




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