Brilio.net - Green beans are usually relied on as a basic ingredient for various dishes. However, generally, dishes made using green beans have a sweet taste like porridge or market snacks. In fact, green beans can also be processed into savory dishes such as soup.
Although it sounds strange, this mung bean soup is a dish served by the Kaluna family in the film Home Sweet Loan . Since its premiere on September 26, this film has become a public conversation on social media. Many are even curious about one of the dishes in the film, namely mung bean soup.
Like most soups, this food is actually made from broth and mixed vegetables. However, there is also added protein such as meat, chicken, or sausage. Who would have thought, this recipe was also shared in more detail by the Instagram account @homesweetloanfilm.
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As reported by BrilioFood from Instagram @homesweetloanfilm on Monday (14/10), there are several main ingredients that need to be prepared if you want to make this green bean soup. There are green beans and meat or other proteins. Well, these green beans can be soaked and boiled first until the texture is soft.
Other ingredients, prepare sliced carrots, sliced spring onions, and roughly sliced celery. Don't forget to prepare basic spices such as 5 cloves of shallots, 1 medium-sized onion, and 2-3 cloves of garlic. For the shallots and garlic, you can puree them first so that they are easier to mix with other ingredients.
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Now, to add flavor, use ground pepper, 1/2 grated nutmeg, 3-4 cloves, 1-2 finger joints of crushed ginger, salt, and margarine. If you don't have margarine, you can replace it with cooking oil that will be used to saute the spices.
Continue to the manufacturing process, prepare and boil water until boiling. This water will be used for the soup stock, yes. Then add the green beans that have been previously boiled. Only then add the meat (which has been previously cooked separately until tender).
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Once done, slice the onion. Then puree the shallots and garlic. Then saute the ground spices and onion using margarine or cooking oil. Saute until the onion smells good and starts to wilt.
After that, put the sauteed onions into the pot containing the green bean soup stock. Also add other ingredients such as nutmeg, pepper, ginger, cloves, spring onions, celery, and salt. Stir all these ingredients until well mixed.
Once done, add sliced carrots. This ingredient is very important because it can provide a sweet taste and a richer soup texture. Now, stir all the ingredients and let it boil or all the ingredients are perfectly cooked.
This cooked mung bean soup can be immediately transferred to a serving bowl. It is suitable to be eaten with warm white rice to make it more delicious. It is very interesting to be used as a reference for a side dish and vegetable menu for the family at home.