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    Home » Recipes » Lunch » Soup

    Mung Bean Soup

    Published: Oct 23, 2014 · Updated: Nov 17, 2022 by Neil 2 Comments

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    A bowl on mung bean soup on a plate with a soup spoon beside it. Soup garnished with chopped coriander. Pin title text overlay at top.
    This mung bean soup combines Asian and Oriental flavours to make a healthy, delicious, nutritious vegan meal in one bowl. It's extremely high in daily dietary fibre requirements, and being only 223 calories per serving means this is a perfect weight loss soup too! #neilshealthymeals #recipe #mungbean #soup

    This mung bean soup combines Asian and Oriental flavours to make a healthy, delicious, nutritious meal in one bowl. It's extremely high in daily dietary fibre requirements, and being only 223 calories per serving means this is a perfect weight loss soup too!

    A bowl of mung bean soup garnished with chopped coriander on a plate with a soup spoon at the top.

    So how did Mung Bean Soup come to be?

    Well, I'm always fascinated by the Asian and Oriental ingredients section in our local and specialist supermarkets and especially when I came across a large bag of Mung Dall.

    So, I read about it extensively and discovered that it was mung beans which are nutrient rich, low in calories AND provide protein, vitamins and fibre to our daily diets.

    I made this delicious mung bean soup with it!

    Since then it’s become a staple addition to my foods list! 😀

    I found a few soup recipes involving mung beans so I’ve been trying those out and changing the spices and after many versions I have ended up with this, mung bean (moong dall) soup.

    You'll love the spices that give it such a unique taste not to mention to amazing aromas in your kitchen.

    A plate of mung bean soup in the background. Sliced bread in the foreground.

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    Equipment

    • Saucepans
    • Kitchen scale
    • Kitchen knives
    • Measuring jug
    • Chopping board
    • Wooden spoon
    • Soup ladle
    • Blender

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    The set includes 16, 18, 20 cm saucepans, 1 x 14 cm milk pan and 1 x 24 cm fry pan.

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    • Cheesy cauliflower and white bean soup is a delicious way of creating a twist on the classic combination of cauliflower cheese in the form of a healthy versatile bean soup!
    • Deliciously smooth, this carrot ginger and mung bean soup is warm and satisfying. The combination of carrot and ginger works so well together and mung beans are so good for you.

    This mung bean soup combines Asian and Oriental flavours to make a healthy, delicious, nutritious meal in one bowl. It's extremely high in daily dietary fibre requirements, and being only 223 calories per serving means this is a perfect weight loss soup too! Click to Tweet

    Mung Bean (Moong Dall) Soup Recipe

    Not only is this soup extremely healthy and low calorie but you'll find the smell of it whilst it's cooking intoxicating!

    I’d love to hear what you think of my recipe in the comments below and please do rate my recipe 5* if you like it! 🙂

    This mung bean soup combines Asian and Oriental flavours to make a healthy, delicious, nutritious meal in one bowl. It's extremely high in daily dietary fibre requirements, and being only 223 calories per serving means this is a perfect weight loss soup too!
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    Mung Bean (Moong Dall) Soup Recipe

    This mung bean (moong dall) soup combines Asian and Oriental flavours to make a healthy, delicious, nutritious meal in one bowl. 
    Prep Time15 mins
    Cook Time45 mins
    Total Time1 hr
    Course: Lunch
    Cuisine: Middle Eastern
    Servings: 4
    Calories: 223kcal
    Author: Neil

    The following links and any links in the recipe card below are affiliate links.

    This means that if you click on it and then buy that product I’ll get a small commission (at no extra cost to you of course).

    If you do click through then thanks for being a part of Neil’s Healthy Meals!

    Equipment

    • Saucepans
    • Kitchen scale
    • Kitchen knives
    • Measuring jug
    • Chopping board
    • Wooden spoon
    • Soup ladle
    • Blender

    Ingredients

    • Soak 200g mung beans (Mung Dall) overnight.
    • Low calorie cooking spray
    • 2 medium onions , diced
    • 3 garlic cloves finely chopped
    • 1 thumb tip sized pierce of ginger finely chopped
    • ½ teaspoon ground cumin
    • ½ teaspoon ground coriander
    • ½ teaspoon hing / asafoetida
    • ½ teaspoon turmeric
    • 1 L vegetable stock
    • Salt and pepper
    • Freshly chopped Coriander
    Metric - US Customary

    Instructions

    • Rinse the mung beans in cold running water.
    • Spray the bottom of a large saucepan, 5 times, with the low cal cooking spray. Turn on a high heat under the saucepan and wait until the oil bubbles, then turn down to a low heat. You could also use 1 tbsp. olive oil.
    • Add the diced onion and soften it, stirring continuously for about 3 – 4 minutes, then add the chopped garlic and ginger adding drops of hot water if the mixture becomes dry and begins to stick and continue to stir for a further 2 – 3 minutes.
    • Add the cumin, coriander, hing/asafoetida and turmeric and stir all together cooking for a minute or so.
    • Add the mung beans stir together well, add the vegetable stock, and bring to the boil and turn down to simmer gently for 45 minutes until all the mixture is completely softened. Remove from the heat.
    • When the soup has cooled, blitz it in a blender / food processor and return to the pan and season to taste with salt and pepper.
    • Garnish with Coriander and serve.
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    Nutrition

    Calories: 223kcal | Carbohydrates: 42g | Protein: 13.4g | Fat: 1.2g | Saturated Fat: 0.3g | Sodium: 50.4mg | Fiber: 10.8g | Sugar: 6.2g | Vitamin A: 50IU | Vitamin C: 12.4mg | Calcium: 110mg | Iron: 4.9mg

    Nutrition Facts
    Mung Bean (Moong Dall) Soup
    Amount Per Serving
    Calories 223 Calories from Fat 11
    % Daily Value*
    Fat 1.2g2%
    Saturated Fat 0.3g2%
    Sodium 50.4mg2%
    Carbohydrates 42g14%
    Fiber 10.8g45%
    Sugar 6.2g7%
    Protein 13.4g27%
    Vitamin A 50IU1%
    Vitamin C 12.4mg15%
    Calcium 110mg11%
    Iron 4.9mg27%
    * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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    1. Deb

      January 07, 2015 at 10:25 pm

      Hi, Neil.

      It would be lovely if the nutrition information would download when you hit print for one of your recipes.

      I am just as interested in the nutritional content as the ingredients when I am doing my meal planning now that I am trying to learn to eat tastey, healthy and inexpensive foods.

      This recipe looks like it will hit all my targets. Thanks so much for sharing.

      Deb (from Alberta, Canada)

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      • neil@neilshealthymeals.com

        January 08, 2015 at 7:31 am

        Hi Deb,

        Thank you for your comment. I'm delighted that you are finding Neils Healthy Meals a help in your meal planning! 😀

        The information on the nutrition label contains more nutritional details than the recipe program would allow me to enter into that. So in order to give people as many details as possible, for them to make their own choices in their diet planning it is a separate print off. You can print it off separately by clicking on it and then right clicking over it and then hit print. I know it would be ideal to be included with the recipe print but currently they are two different pieces of information.

        If you would like me to email you the Nutrition Label separately for your meal planning for this recipe, then feel free to email me using the contact form in the menu above. 🙂

        Thanks!

        Neil

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