Ginataang Monggo

Name: Ginataang Monggo
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Filipino
Ingredients: 200g mung beans; 200ml coconut milk; 150g pork belly, cubed; 3 cloves garlic, minced; 1 onion, diced; 2 tbsp fish sauce; 100g malunggay or spinach leaves

Mung beans simmered in coconut milk with pork and malunggay leaves — a Friday staple in many Filipino homes.

Total time

55 min

Prep

10 min

Cook

45 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

Filipino

Ingredients

200gmung beans

200mlcoconut milk

150gpork belly, cubed

3 clovesgarlic, minced

1onion, diced

2 tbspfish sauce

100gmalunggay or spinach leaves

Instructions

Boil mung beans in water 30 minutes until tender. Drain.

Fry pork belly until crispy. Add garlic and onion.

Add mung beans and coconut milk. Simmer 10 minutes.

Season with fish sauce.

Add malunggay. Simmer 2 minutes. Serve with rice.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

326

Protein

5.5g

Fat

31.8g

Carbs

6.3g

Fiber

1.6g

Sodium

601mg

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