MUNGGO

munggo
mung bean

Scientific name: Vigna radiata

Spelling variations: mongo, monggo, mungo

Called balatong in other parts of the Philippines.


Mongo soup is a popular Filipino dish customarily eaten on Catholic meatless days such as Fridays and the Holy Week of the Lenten season.  When meat is allowed, a few pieces of pork or shrimp are added for flavor.


guinataang munggo
mung beans in coconut milk

hopiang mungo
a Chinese-Filipino pastry filled with sweetened mung beans


Mung-bean sprouts are called togue in the Philippines and are used as filling in one variant of lumpia.