GINISANG MUNGGO Kitchenomica

Ingredients:

1/2cup dried green munggo beans
4 cloves garlic, crushed
1 medium onion, sliced
100g. ground pork
1pouch (200g) Del Monte Tomato Sauce
1 small (1/2kilo) puso ng saging (bongolan) , trimmed and shredded


Procedure:

1. Wash munggo beans once. Soak in 2 cups water for 1 hour. Drain. Set aside.
2. Sauté garlic, onion, and ground pork. Cook until pork turns light brown.
3. Add prepared munggo beans, 3 & 1/2 cups water, 1 & 1/2tsp. iodized salt (or 1 & 1/2tbsp. rock salt), 1/2tsp. pepper and Del Monte Tomato Sauce. Simmer for 40 minutes.
4. Add puso ng saging. Cook for another 10 minutes.

Makes 6 servings.


Tip:

For a special ginisang munggo dish, you can add some shrimps. In a regular ginisang munggo dish, take away the tomato sauce and use chopped tomatoes and you can also use malunggay leaves instead of puso ng saging to have that slight bitter taste to balance the sweetness of the munggo beans.