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Insight into mung beans
- Mung beans, also known as green beans, are small beans with green shells and yellow interiors, commonly used in making cakes, congee, or sprouted for fresh food such as bean sprouts.
- Not only an essential ingredient for wrapping Tet cakes, but mung beans also offer many health benefits such as cooling the body, aiding digestion, preventing diabetes, weight loss, etc.
- You can buy mung beans everywhere as they are very popular. Just head to a grocery store, rice dealer, market, or purchase online on supermarkets, e-commerce platforms, all are readily available.
Guide to choosing fragrant and delicious mung beans for Tet cakes
Similar to glutinous rice, to make delicious Tet cakes, you need to carefully select mung beans before soaking and preparing them as cake fillings. If this is your first time making cakes or you have forgotten how to choose the right beans for delicious cakes, the detailed guidance from Mytour.vn below can help you:
1. It's advisable to choose whole mung beans
In reality, when making Tet cake fillings, you can choose to buy whole mung beans or already peeled ones. If you opt for whole mung beans, you'll need to go through more preparation steps. But why do users still prefer them over peeled ones?
If you're wondering about this issue, the answer lies in using whole mung beans. They impart the most fragrant and flavorful taste to the Tet cakes, ensuring both richness and hygiene.
2. Pay attention to the color of mung beans when selecting
Not only ensuring that mung beans are selected in their whole form, but you also need to pay attention to the color. The beans should be smooth and glossy, with uniformly sized grains. This not only ensures the best Tet cakes but also symbolizes prosperity and abundance for the new year.
3. Preparing mung beans before sprouting
If you've opted for peeled mung beans, soak them until soft, then cook until mushy, mash evenly into a bowl, and there you have a bowl of mashed mung beans ready for making Tet sticky rice cakes.
If you're using whole mung beans, soak them for several hours until the skins peel off, then clean off the skins, steam until soft, and mash similarly to peeled mung beans.
Following the detailed instructions from Mytour.vn, I hope this year you'll choose the best, fragrant mung beans for flavorful and meaningful Tet sticky rice cakes.
Latest prices for mung beans on the 2021 market
If you're unaware of the latest prices for mung beans this Tet, Mytour.vn will help you update the prices right here, so stay tuned and check them out:
| Tên sản phẩm | Giá tham khảo(VNĐ) |
| Đỗ xanh hạt vỡ gói 200g | 15.000 |
| Đỗ xanh hạt vỡ đôi không vỏ 500g | 39.000 |
| Đỗ xanh nguyên hạt 500g | 34.000 |
| Đỗ xanh nguyên vỏ hữu cơ 500g | 55.000 |
| Đỗ xanh tiêu 500g | 35.000 |
Overall, this year's mung bean prices haven't fluctuated much compared to last year's. Though there's a slight increase ranging from 1,000 VND to 5,000 VND per 100g depending on the type, these prices are still quite affordable for most consumers.
