Cookbook:Mung Bean
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The mung bean, also moong, is a small green legume particularly associated with Asian cuisine.
Uses and Derivatives
[edit | edit source]South Asian cuisines use mung beans both whole and split. When split and skinless, the bean is often referred to as moong dal.
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Mung beans can be sprouted into bean sprouts. They can also be refined into mung bean flour/starch. This starch can be used to make a type of vermicelli called bean threads. with both being used commonly in South-East Asian cuisines.