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Mung bean
Calories & nutrition facts
boiled
Nutrition facts
Per 100 g% DV- Calories 105 kcal —
- Protein 7.7 g 15%
- Carbohydrate 15 g 5%
- Fat 0.4 g 0%
- Saturated fat 0.1 g 1%
- Sugars 2.1 g —
- Sodium 232 mg 10%
- Cholesterol 0 mg 0%
Vitamins & minerals
Per 100 g% DVVitamins
- Vitamin A 1.6 µg 0%
- Vitamin C 1 mg 1%
- Vitamin D 0 µg 0%
- Vitamin E 0.16 mg 1%
- Vitamin K 2.9 µg 2%
- Thiamin (B1) 0.12 mg 10%
- Riboflavin (B2) 0.05 mg 4%
- Niacin (B3) 0.47 mg 3%
- Vitamin B6 0.08 mg 5%
- Folate (B9) 91 µg 23%
- Vitamin B12 0 µg 0%
Minerals
- Calcium 38 mg 3%
- Iron 1.7 mg 10%
- Magnesium 46 mg 11%
- Phosphorus 101 mg 8%
- Potassium 282 mg 6%
- Zinc 0.74 mg 7%
- Copper 0.2 mg 23%
- Selenium 2.6 µg 5%
Similar foods
- Mung bean sproutsraw33 kcal / 100 g
- Mung bean dahldried, boiled in unsalted water92 kcal / 100 g
- Whole mung beansdried, boiled in unsalted water100 kcal / 100 g
- Mung bean currywhole and turnip leaves, homemade169 kcal / 100 g
- Mungo beansmature seeds, raw341 kcal / 100 g
- Green gramwhole294 kcal / 100 g
- Green beansboiled28 kcal / 100 g
- Kidney beanboiled116 kcal / 100 g
- Adzuki beanboiled without salt137 kcal / 100 g
- French beansboiled25 kcal / 100 g
Questions about Mung bean
How do you cook dried mung beans?
Rinse and simmer them in plenty of fresh water for about 25–35 minutes, until tender; older beans can take longer. Add acidic ingredients such as tomatoes or lemon only near the end, as they slow softening.
Do you need to soak mung beans before cooking?
No: small, split or whole mung beans cook without soaking. Soaking whole dried beans for a few hours can shorten the simmer, but drain and rinse them first.
How do you sprout mung beans at home?
Soak whole dried mung beans overnight, drain, then keep them in a clean jar or sprouting tray, rinsing and draining well twice a day. They usually sprout in a few days; refrigerate once they are the length you like and use promptly.
How should you store cooked mung beans?
Cool them promptly, put them in a covered container and refrigerate for up to three days. You can also freeze cooked beans in portions for several months.
What can you make with mung beans?
Use cooked mung beans in soups, salads and curries, or simmer them with spices into a thick dal. In East and South-East Asian cooking, mung beans also appear in noodles, sweet pastes and desserts.
Are mung beans and mung bean sprouts the same food?
They are the same legume at different stages: mung bean sprouts are germinated seeds. Per 100 g, sprouts provide 28 kcal and 2.6 g protein, compared with 343 kcal and 25.2 g protein in dried mung beans.
Source: Fineli (Finland) 31213 · per 100 g · carbohydrate per EU label, fibre excluded
