mung

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To make a banh tet, banana leaves are lined with rice, soft mung beans and pork belly and rolled into a tight log, which is then wrapped in the leaves and tied up with strings.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 8, 2024

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

Turmeric gives the rice-flour batter its golden color; a filling of shrimp, ground pork, mung beans and bean sprouts is smoky from some time in the wok for the sprouts.

From Washington Post • Jan. 6, 2023

In just a weekend in Seoul, you can hike fortress walls, bike along the Han River and taste mung bean pancakes at a covered market.

From New York Times • Dec. 15, 2022

Jomon sites often contain remains of edible plants that are native to Japan as wild species but are also grown as crops today, including adzuki bean, mung bean, and barnyard millet.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond