Scientific name: Vigna radiata
mung·gó
mung bean
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.
mung beans in coconut milk
ginisang munggo
sauteed mung beans
Hopiang mungo is 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.
KAHULUGAN SA TAGALOG
munggó: halámang legumbre (genus Vigna) na may bungang butil na nakakain
Recipe in Tagalog for Ginisang Munggo
Ilaga ang munggo hanggang sa lumambot nang mabuti. Magtalop ng maraming hipon at ang mga ulo’y dikdikin at pigain ang katas.
Magprito ng bawang at sibuyas sa mantika at kung mapula na ay gisahin ang hipong tinalupan at binudburan ng asin. Kung kumukulo na, hulugan ng mga dahong alpasotes, ampalaya o kangkong kaya.
Very good explanation!