mung beans are NOT “green” beans 綠豆並非 “green” beans
In hot weather, Chinese people enjoy eating refreshing cool bowls of 綠豆湯 lǜdòu tāng / liuhdow tang [literally] “green bean soup”, which is actually mung beans served in sweetened water (刨冰 bàobīng / bawbing “shaved ice” or 煉乳 liànrǔ / liannruu “condensed milk” are sometimes added).
Mung beans are also eaten in the form of sprouts and noodles. Here is a cool time-lapse video shot over three and a half days (2'50") showing mung beans germinating ("[Time-Lapse] Mung Bean Germination"):
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Because most Chinese don’t know that mung beans are originally from the Indian subcontinent, when speaking/writing English, they are incorrectly rendered word for word from Chinese as “green beans” on menus and food labels.
炎熱的夏天，大家都喜歡來碗綠豆湯消暑！因為許多人都沒有注意到『綠豆』的原產地是印度，所以英文名字根據梵文 मुद्ग / mŪgd , "mung bean" 才是正確的叫法。Green bean 指的是四季豆。
Mung Bean Dal (印度料理：真正的綠豆湯）
Here are two recipes for mung bean dal, a simple but very tasty Indian “comfort food”.
1. Mung Bean Dal
An easy Indian recipe for 綠豆; captions only
2. Whole Green Moong daal (Whole Green Gram Beans)
This is a more complicated Indian recipe for 綠豆
Fried Green Beans (法式、川式四季豆）
Because you prepare them by pulling off a “string”, green beans are also called string beans. The Chinese name is 四季豆 sìjìdòu / syhjihdow “[literally] four season bean”
3. Garlic Green Beans Recipe
This is an easy French-style recipe (the woman has a super clear voice!)
4. Chinese Spicy Szechuan Green Beans stir fry
The voice is a little hard to follow (sound quality and accent), but the recipe is worth making
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