Green Mung Bean Soup With Fish And Shrimp

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 500 g green mung beans (moong)
• 1/2 cup cleaned prawns
• 2 -3 fish fillets (leftover fish, fish heads or tails)
• 1/2 cup shallot
• 1/2 cup spinach leaves
• 1 teaspoon mustard seeds
• 1 teaspoon ginger
• 1 teaspoon garlic
• 1 teaspoon green chili peppers or 1 teaspoon paprika
• 1 teaspoon oil
• 1 tablespoon soy sauce
• 1/2 lemon, juice of
• salt
• 200 g noodles (optional)

Recipe

• 1 soak the mung beans overnight in about 4-5 cups of water.
• 2 boil the mung beans in 4-5 cups of water and keep aside. (do not drain the water). takes about 30 mins in a pot. or 15 mins in a pressure cooker.
• 3 heat oil in a pan on medium heat and add the mustard seeds and allow to splatter.
• 4 once done add thinly sliced shallots, ginger, garlic and chillies. saute till the onions are translucent.
• 5 add the prawn and fish pieces to the pan and add soy sauce. cover them with the onion soy sauce mixture and allow to cook for about 2-3 minutes.
• 6 add the boiled mung beans and cut spinach leaves to the pan or add the ingredients of the pan to the pot containing boiled mung beans and bring to a boil.
• 7 squeeze the juice of half a lemon in the pot to enhance the flavors and add salt as per taste.
• 8 if you find the soup thick add water as per your requirement.
• 9 one can also add noodles in the soup and make a complete meal out of it.
• 10 one can also serve the soup (thicker version) with cooked rice or one can enjoy the soup plain.