Recipe no. 1: Mung Beans Stew (ginisang monggo)

Ingredients: (serves one)

1/4 cup monggo or mung beans
50 grams pork belly o liempo, diced
2-3  small prawns
1 sibuyas, chopped
2 garlic cloves,minced
1ripe vine tomato, chopped
1/2 cup spinach
1 vegetable broth cube, crushed
salt and pepper to taste

Boil the monggo in 1/2 cup of water for 15- 20 minutes until soft.  Set aside.

In another saucepan, fry the pork for 5-7 minutes in medium heat until brown.  Add the garlic, onion
and chopped tomato, and stir fry for another 3-4 minutes.  Add the the spinach, stir for another minute, and lastly, add the prawns.

Stir in the monggo beans with the water.  Add the vegetable crushed vegetable broth cube.

Cover, and let it simmer for 10-15 minutes in very low heat.

Season with salt and pepper and serve with boiled rice and patis!  Enjoy!!