Green Mung Bean Soup With Fish and Shrimp
- Ready In:
- 55mins
- Ingredients:
- 14
- Yields:
-
6 bowls
- Serves:
- 4
ingredients
- 500 g green mung beans (moong)
- 118.29 ml cleaned prawns
- 2-3 fish fillets (leftover fish, fish heads or tails)
- 118.29 ml shallot
- 118.29 ml spinach leaves
- 4.92 ml mustard seeds
- 4.92 ml ginger
- 4.92 ml garlic
- 4.92 ml green chili peppers or 4.92 ml paprika
- 4.92 ml oil
- 14.79 ml soy sauce
- 1 lemon, juice of
- salt
- 200 g noodles (optional)
directions
- Soak the mung beans overnight in about 4-5 cups of water.
- 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.
- Heat oil in a pan on medium heat and add the mustard seeds and allow to splatter.
- Once done add thinly sliced shallots, ginger, garlic and chillies. Saute till the onions are translucent.
- 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.
- 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.
- Squeeze the juice of half a lemon in the pot to enhance the flavors and add salt as per taste.
- if you find the soup thick add water as per your requirement.
- One can also add noodles in the soup and make a complete meal out of it.
- One can also serve the soup (thicker version) with cooked rice or one can enjoy the soup plain.
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