Ginisang Monggo Recipe

Ginisang Monggo

(Mung Bean Soup)

 This is the dish I love growing up, my family grown Mung Beans and when its harvest time, Guess what for dinner? Ginisang Monggo ( Mung Bean Soup with all kinds of season vegetables) I admit I'm not a big vegetable fun when I was a kid, but since my parent are farmers, I don't have much choice other than eat whats on the table, mostly vegetables ( hehehe ). 

Now that I'm far away from home, I terribly missed this dish and little inspired also, Since it's My Mama's favorite!

 This coming Mother's Day, I offer this Ginisang Monggo in honor of my Mama back home. This is also her favorite dish and she always made this once or twice a week. It's like, a way of saying " Thank You" for being such a wonderful Mama and for everything that you thought me in life. I love you!

 I also love to utilize Mung beans by using it on bread like Monggo Bread and spanish roll filling. Below is my own Ginisang Monggo Recipe, you can totally make it your own. Enjoy cooking:)

NOTE: Add any vegetables on hand. You can also totally rock this dish by putting some coconut milk.

Ingredients:

1/2 Cup Mung bean

1 eggplant

1/4 of whole cabbage/ bokchoy/spinach

1  Bell pepper

Onion 

Garlic

Tomato

Ground beef- ( meat of your choice)

Oil

Water

Ginger

 Salt and Pepper- to taste

Directions:

1.) Throw the mung beans in large pot, boil it for like 45 minutes to an hour, until it cook. Set aside.

2.) Put oil in other pan, sauteed the garlic, onion and ginger. Add the ground beef and let it brown.

3.) Add the cooked mung beans and chopped vegetables and let it simmer until everything is cook.

4.) Salt and Pepper and simmer for another 5 minutes.

5.) Serve HOT with rice. ENJOY~

Happy Mother's Day to all Mommies out-there!!

Monggo Bread ( Pan de Monggo )

Monggo Bread

(Pan De Monggo)

Monggo Beans or Mung Beans-they are small, ovoid in shape, and green in color. It is used as a foodstuff in both savory and sweet dishes. (source : wikipedia)

I grew up in the Philippines, My family plant Monggo Beans in our little farm in Valencia, Bukidnon.As, I remembered monggo beans are very easy to cultivated. Since then, I remembered  Monggo prepared mostly on savory dishes like ginataan, guisado and to my surprised some bakery in my place make monggo bread. My Mom, always have its way to make Monggo, taste so delicious in very simple way mostly on savory dishes accompanied with rice. One of my favorite bread in the Philippines is the Monggo Bread usually in Ensaymada form, So. today why not make it myself. ( wink ) While searching for that right recipe for the Monggo Bread, I stumble upon this video on youtube ( aeriskitchen) on how to make sweet red bean buns and it was so simple and yet look delicious. So, I was like! aha!! instead of red bean paste put as filling, why not monggo beans because, I love monggo beans and it suits on my taste-bud, I love to mention how (aeriskitchen) made the bread look like flower, its pretty amazing.  I was really inspired! I'll show you how simple it is to make this bread and who knows it might be your next favorite snack of the day. My family loved it and hopefully yours too:) wink..

Ingredients:
Filling:                

3/4  Monggo Beans (dried)

 water

 sugar

 Directions:

Bring the Monggo Beans and water to boil until it soften and mushy.
Add sugar, depend on how sweet you want it to be
Let it cool and refrigerate.

Dough:                                              

3 1/2 cups bread flour                        

2/3 cup- Lukewarm water                 

2/3 cup- Lukewarm milk                   

1/4 cup sugar                                  

1/4 cup butter melted                          

1 pack yeast                                          

1 1/2 tsp. salt
 Directions:

1.) Mix the flour, sugar, salt and yeast on the big bowl ans set aside.

2.) Pour the lukewarm water and lukewarm milk into the dry ingredients and mix it well.

3.) Pour the melted butter into the mixture, mix well. Knead the dough until the dough is smooth and elastic bout 15 minutes or so.

4.) Let it rise for 1-2 hours

 

5.) Divide the dough into 16 pieces of small balls. Flatten the little dough balls, using the rolling pin, roll it until its big enough to fill the monggo filling. (I use 1 teaspoon of filling per dough balls. )

6.) Using scissors cut little bit on the side to make it like flower. Put it on greased baking pan, Let it rise for 30 minutes.

7.) Brush it egg wash, Bake at 350 degrees for 15-20 minutes until its golden brown.

Enjoy your fresh Monggo bread right out from the oven! I made 16 monggo bread:)