Ginisang Munggo with Shrimps

🧂 Ingredients

• 1½ cups mung beans (munggo)
• 8-10 cups water

  (for boiling beans)
• 2 tbsp oil
• 2 tbsp bagoong (shrimp paste)

  (2 tsp salt as alternative)
• 2 cloves garlic

  (crushed)
• 2 small onion

  (cut in wedges)
• 1 cup moringa/malunggay leaves

  (stem removed)
• 12 pcs shrimps

  (shell-on, deveined)
• 1 pc shrimp cube

  (optional)

Instructions

• 1 In a bowl, soak the mung beans in water for 30 minutes to 2 hours and set aside.
• 2 In a cooking pot, boil the mung beans until soft then mash the beans but not
  all, keeping some of the mung bean shells intact. 
• 3 Once mung beans are soft, separate the beans and liquid using a colander. Keep
  the liquid from boiling for later use. Set aside.
• 4 Using the same cooking pot, saute onion and garlic until the onion is
  translucent. Add shrimps and cook until pinkish in color.
• 5 Tip in the shrimp paste and cook for 2 minutes. Add the mashed mung beans to the
  sauteed ingredients and mix, let it simmer for about 2 minutes.
• 6 Pour the saved liquid from boiling the beans and throw in the shrimp broth cube
  and moringa/malunggay leaves. Stir and cover the pot with a lid. simmer for 4-5
  minutes.
• 7 Check the taste and adjust with salt if needed. Transfer in a serving bowl and
  enjoy! Bon appetit!

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