What to do with cooked mung beans?
i cooked a whole lot of mung beans yesterday. Now I'm hoping to get your ideas for what to do with them? I want to make Heidi Swanson's mung bean hummus, but other than that... I'm looking for inspiration!
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Here is a recipe you might try.
Either way, look into Vietnamese recipes. We like to put them into both savory and sweet dishes. For the sweet, make che dau xanh, which is a pudding like soup. Here's a recipe that you can jump into the middle since the mung beans are already cooked: http://runawayrice.com/desserts/sweet-mung-bean-pudding-che-tao-soan-che-dau-xanh/
You can use as a filling or an addition to the filling for Banh Xeo, the sizzling Vietnamese crepe filled with pork, shrimp, and/or split mung beans, like this one http://www.hungryhuy.com/banh-xeo-savory-vietnamese-crepes/
Or Banh Cong which is a fried shrimp and mung bean cake (more like a fritter), http://danangcuisine.com/recipes/recipe-fried-prawn-cake-banh-cong/
Video for Mung Bean Pancakes (Bindaetteok) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJJawgzmgOk
Video for Pan Fried Rice Cakes (Bukkumi): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFXIpaFWfSM
She also has several more.
I know Thai food also uses them in desserts mainly as garnish for mango with coconut sticky rice.