This recipe
here is what I call a real comfort food. Come on, don’t tell me you never had
this for munchies before? Mung Bean Porridge (which goes by the ever so awesome
Indonesian name: bubur kacang ijo) goes well at (almost) anytime of the day.
Just woke up
and feeling hungry? Mung Bean Porridge
Stayed up all
night and got the munchies? Mung Bean Porridge
Got sick and needed some proper food? Mung
Bean Porridge.
See? This shit
is proper awesome. And it’s dead easy to make too! Here’s everything you need:
200 grams of
raw Mung beans
150-200 grams
of Palm Sugar cube. It’s okay to substitute with brown sugar if you can’t find
Palm Sugar.
4-5 Cups of
water. The amount will depends on the cooking state. Read on!
1-2 inch of ginger
1-2 pandan
leaves.
Optional:
Splash of
coconut milk. If you can’t stomach coconut milk, it’s okay to substitute with
fresh milk.
This recipe will probably cost you 20-30 thousand rupiah max, and it should feed 4-6 people!
Ready? Here We
Go!
Step 1 – Soak the
beans in warm water for at least 1-2 hour. This will help the beans to softened
up, shortening the cooking time later on. But…..since I’m impatient, half an
hour do good for me. This proven to be a BAD decision. Read on. Oh, and if you see any beans floating on the water, throw it away, those are no good.
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| If it floats, no no. |
Step 2 – Smash your
ginger. Bash it. Yes. Pour all of your emotion to it.
Step 3 – Pour your
water, mung bean, ginger, and Pandan leaves to a pot, set the heat on high.
This process will take around 30 minutes – 1 hour depending on the heat source.
Mine took around 45 minutes BECAUSE i only gave the beans half an hour to soak. It’s too long? Fret not, IT’S WORTH IT
Step 4 – You can
check back every now and then. The cue here is when you see much of the beans
started to crack. When that happens, put in your salt and brown sugar and. Just
make sure you cut the sugar into small pieces beforehand, so it can blend in
easily. Nobody likes lump in their porridge right?
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| THE CUE |
Step 5 – When
it smells like little piece of heaven, it’s time to serve!
And i present to you....
The glorious
bubur kacang ijo. Hell yes. This one is topped with coconut milk and pandan
infused whipped cream. It. Tasted. GOOD.
Give it a try
folks!
Peace
xx
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