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Ginataang Monggo Recipe
Ginataang Munggo or Ginataang Monggo is a simple Filipino dessert dish wherein toasted Mung beans and sticky rice are cooked in coconut milk.
Filipino Updated 12/5/2010
Ingredients
Measured from the catalog payload.
- 1/2 cup mung bean
- 2 1/2 cups coconut milk
- 1/2 cup sticky rice
- 6 to 7 tablespoons sugar
Instructions
10 cooking steps
- Heat a pan and put-in the Mung beans.
- Toast the Mung beans until brown.
- Turn-off heat and let the mung beans cool down.
- Crack the toasted mung beans using a mortar and pestle (almires). Set aside.
- Heat a cooking pot and pour-in coconut milk. Let boil.
- Add the sticky rice and Mung beans then stir. Cook in low heat for 15 to 20 minutes while stirring once in a while, or until the coconut milk is almost absorbed.
- Add sugar then stir.
- Turn off heat and transfer to a serving plate.
- Serve! You may serve this either hot or cold. I like having this cold with some extra coconut milk on top.
- Share and enjoy!
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Recipe notes
- Toast mung beans until golden brown for best flavor
- Serve hot or cold according to preference
- Top with extra coconut milk when serving if desired
Storage notes
- Refrigerate in airtight container for up to 3 days
- Stir in additional coconut milk when reheating if mixture becomes too thick