Friday, June 17, 2016

Mung Bean Recipes And Why You Should Eat Them

By Sandra Campbell


When you have dietary restrictions, you might find that eating the same food on a daily basis will bore you. However, some specific foods can be so versatile, that you may end up eating them up to thrice a week, and not notice. This is one advantage of having a mung bean recipes on hand. The beans can be found in their ground, dried or even peeled form. If you do not like the beans, you can choose to use the sprouts instead.

Most beans require to be presoaked for quite a while, before you cook them. With green grams you will notice that this is not necessary. You can just add them to water and after boiling for about forty-five minutes, they are cooked. If you are doing other things before cooking, then you can opt to pre-soak them and they will cook a lot faster.

Once you start using these legumes, you will discover the various ways you can prepare them. This can be by putting them in a vegetable stew, in a curry, as part of your desert, or even in a soup. Their versatility is one thing that makes them very attractive to many cooks. They can also be cooked on their own, and eaten with bread or rice.

One easy way to cook them is to stew them on their own. You will just need to add them to the pan where you are cooking onions and tomatoes. After the tomatoes are well done, you can add the pre-boiled mung beans and leave them to simmer for a while. You can add coriander, garlic, curry powder, some chili, and some turmeric, to season the food. You can also make the dish a bit more coastal, by adding some coconut milk to the boiling food.

For people who are on a vegan diet, adding mung beans to their meals will provide them with a good source of protein. Although meat and dairy products still have more protein than most plants, the protein from legumes has the added advantage of having less saturated fats, and cholesterol. These beans also have protease inhibitors. These slow down the replication of most cancer cells, therefore slowing the growth of tumors.

Most lentils and legumes have a bad name, due to giving people gas, and leaving you feeling bloated. With mung beans, however, this is not to be of concern. These high fiber foods are good for digestion and combat constipation, while also reducing the bad cholesterol in your body.

People who suffer for liver problems and heart problems are also encouraged to start including these beans, in their meal plans. They are good for maintaining a good liver and a strong heart, with chemical substances like lecithin, which normalize liver functions.

If you keep getting health problems because your body is not getting rid of toxins efficiently, you need to add these beans to your diet. They are also very handy if you have a hangover, as they will get rid of the symptoms. The fact that they have compounds, which stimulate the release of collagen and elastin, is very good for keeping your skin looking young, and healthy.




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