Filipino Dessert Recipes Ginataang Monggo #13

DISH IN DISH OUT - Ginataang Munggo is a straightforward Filipino dessert dish wherein toasted Mung beans and sticky rice are cooked in coconut milk. When you have been from the Philippines for several years, having one of these dish will make you feel nostalgic. It causes you to think about home and also the good things in past years. Don’t eat an excessive amount or you’ll finish up purchasing a plane ticket right away.

Ingredients
- Mung beans: 1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
- Coconut milk: 2 1⁄2 Cup (40 tbs)
- Sticky rice: 1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs), washed (Malagkit)
- Sugar: 7 Tablespoon

Directions
1. Heat a pan and put-in the Mung beans.

2. Toast the Mung beans until brown.

3. Turn-off heat and let the mung beans cool down.

4. Crack the toasted mung beans using a mortar and pestle (almires). Set aside.

5. Heat a cooking pot and pour-in coconut milk. Let boil.

6. Add the sticky rice and Mung beans then stir. Cook in low heat for 15 to 18 minutes while stirring once in a while, or until the coconut milk is almost absorbed.

7. Add sugar then stir.

8. Turn off heat and transfer to a serving plate.

9. Serve! You may serve this either hot or cold. I like having this cold with some extra coconut milk on top.

Source: http://ifood.tv/asian/247443-filipino-ginataang-monggo