Mung bean, also known as mung dal, moong dal, mash bean, munggo or monggo, green gram, golden gram, and green soy, is the seed of Vigna radiata which is native to India. The beans are small, ovoid in shape, and green in color. The English word "mung" derives from the Hindi mung. In the South Indian Tamil language it is known as payiru, in Kannada as hesaru bele,in telugu known as "pesalu" and in the Philippines as munggo or monggo.The mung bean is one of many species recently moved from the genus Phaseolus to Vigna and is still often seen cited as Phaseolus aureus or Phaseolus radiatus. These are all the same plant.

All beans fall into the super food category, but one of my favorites is mung beans -- also known as moong dal, among other names. Native to India and more commonly eaten in India, Japan, China, Korea, Thailand and Vietnam, these tiny little green beans are not commonly found in American kitchens.

Many of us will simply throw away this tiny bean sprout in our food or just simply say "i dont like it". do you know that this tiny bean sprout is a powerful raw food that can helps reduce birth defects and have tonnes of vitamins?

The Indians of the Concrete Jungle have gone to war, armed only with mung beans, and with a mission to save the world. The Cowboys of the Concrete Jungle have threatened to stop them by deflating their lungs, presumably with knives. Who's side are you on?

It's not all about mung beans and earnestness - you can be stylish, sexy and live a sustainable life...

Fun experiment using crosslinked polyacrylamide (diaper adsorbent) used as a substrate to sprout mung beans.