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A pebble that becomes a sprout, a noodle, a pancake, or your gym shake.
means A small green legume, often sprouted into bean sprouts or ground into flour, widely used in East and South Asian cooking.
from The name comes from Hindi 'mūng,' itself descended from Sanskrit 'mudga,' the ancient term for this very bean — a word that traveled from Indian kitchens into English in the colonial era, keeping its old name nearly intact across thousands of years.
- noodle source
- Cellophane glass noodles are spun from its starch
- egg impostor
- Powers JUST Egg's vegan scramble
- ancient crop
- Domesticated in India over 4,000 years ago
- dessert too
- Sweetened into East Asian pastries and ice pops
- sprout star
- Those crunchy bean sprouts in stir-fry are these
mung bean sprouts — staple in chinese stir-fries and vietnamese pho, consumed by billions across asia daily
moong dal — split mung beans in indian cuisine, foundational to dals across india and pakistan
korea mung bean pancakes — bindaetteok in korean street food, traditional dish served at markets in seoul