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Ginisang Monggo

Name: Ginisang Monggo
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 1 cup dried mung beans, rinsed; 5 cups water; 2 tablespoons oil; 1 onion, diced; 4 cloves garlic, minced; 2 tomatoes, diced; 1/4 lb pork, diced small, optional; 2 tablespoons fish sauce; 1 teaspoon salt; 2 cups spinach or malunggay leaves; Fried garlic, to serve

A savory mung bean stew with garlic, tomato, and spinach. A Friday staple.

Serves 4

Prep 10 min

Cook 50 min

Ginisang Monggo — Photo: Pandakekok9, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

Ingredients

1 cup dried mung beans, rinsed
5 cups water
2 tablespoons oil
1 onion, diced
4 cloves garlic, minced
2 tomatoes, diced
1/4 lb pork, diced small, optional
2 tablespoons fish sauce
1 teaspoon salt
2 cups spinach or malunggay leaves
Fried garlic, to serve

Steps

Step 1. Boil the mung beans in the water for 35 to 40 minutes, until very soft and starting to break down.
Step 2. Meanwhile cook the pork in the oil for 6 minutes until browned and cooked through. Add the onion, garlic, and tomatoes for 4 minutes.
Step 3. Stir the sautéed mix into the beans with the fish sauce and salt. Simmer for 8 minutes.
Step 4. Add the spinach for 1 minute. Top with fried garlic and serve with rice.

Where this recipe comes from

Yoribang Filipino recipes by Yoribang. License: Free to use. View the original (opens in a new tab)

Original Yoribang write-ups of Filipino dishes. Soy sauce, vinegar, garlic, and fish sauce carry much of the flavor. Calamansi is a small sour citrus, and lemon or lime works if you cannot find it. Bagoong (shrimp paste) and ube are sold at Asian grocery stores.