Dinner

Dina's Yummy Mung Beans is for Dinner.

Dina's Yummy Mung Beans takes several minutes to prepare.

Dina's Yummy Mung Beans takes 40 minutes to cook.

Dina's Yummy Mung Beans makes 8 servings.

The ingredients for Dina's Yummy Mung Beans are:

1 Cup Mung Beans
1 Large White/Yellow Onion
4-8 Cloves of Garlic
2 Medium Carrots
2 Fresh Organic Tomatoes or 1 cup Organic (preservative & additive free) Canned Crushed tomatoes/Chunky tomato sauce
1tbsp powder or 1/2 cube of vegetable bouillon
1/2-1 tbsp of each cumin, coriander, paprika
4-6 bay leaves
Salt, pepper, lime/lemon juice to taste

Here is how you make Dina's Yummy Mung Beans:

I use all organic pesticide free and allergen/preservative/ additive/artificial color free foods * Soak 1 cup of dried mung beans over night or in boiled hot water for 2-4 hours (until they have expanded) then rinse and drain * Fill half of a medium soup pot with filtered water, add 2 teaspoons or a cube of vegetable bouillon (check ingredients for allergens like wheat, gluten, soy, corn etc?) ? - 1 tablespoon of ground cumin, ? - 1 tablespoon of ground coriander, ? - ? tablespoon ground paprika (despite it?s name this spice is not hot) 4-6 bay leaves & ground black pepper to taste * Wash two carrots thoroughly, halve and chop. Peel and wing 1 big white or yellow onion. Crush and finely chop 4-8 cloves of garlic (depending on your tolerance of cooked garlic) * Put all chopped carrots, onion and garlic into pot where your broth is boiling, turn to medium heat and let simmer for 10-15mins before adding the mung beans. Let cook for 20mins * Stirring occasionally, add 1 cup of the canned chunky tomato sauce, canned crushed tomatoes or fresh chopped tomatoes towards the end when beans are soft, but not mushy (cook tomatoes no longer than 10mins) * Add salt and lime/lemon after done cooking preferably adding to each individual bowl to taste not the pot.enjoy! * You can also add a little cold pressed virgin olive oil to your bowl/plate (Do not cook with or heat the oil and lime/lemon juice)Number of Servings: 8Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user DODI2501.

The nutritional information for Dina's Yummy Mung Beans is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 8
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 237.1

• Total Fat: 4.5 g
• Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
• Sodium: 282.2 mg
• Total Carbs: 37.4 g
• Dietary Fiber: 9.3 g
• Protein: 12.8 g