mung

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The farmer was around 55 or 60, grew mung beans, corn and wheat, and was poor but generous enough to share any money he had, the brother-in-law said.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 3, 2023

Her favorite part of the holiday: cooking traditional dishes like rice cakes, which are filled with mushed mung beans, meat and sticky rice then wrapped in banana leaf.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 20, 2023

Originating from Hong Kong and Singapore in the 1960s, these pillowy delights may contain fruit, mung bean paste or cheese, and are typically eaten chilled.

From Washington Post • Sep. 2, 2022

Goodbye Wonder Bread and TV dinners, hello mung beans and carob.

From Salon • Apr. 24, 2022

The money saved bought a pouch of toasted coconut, one sugary fried dough, two crunchy mung bean cookies.

From "Inside Out and Back Again" by Thanhha Lai