Mung Bean Salad with Thyme and Cherry Tomatoes
A healthy, tasty, and very light salad. You can find more about mung beans here: mung bean. Lentils can be used as an alternative, however the taste will change. This amount of ingredients makes 4-6 servings.
- Total cooking time
- not set
- Number of servings
- 4
- Recipe difficulty
- 3 / 5
Ingredients
for 4 servings
- mung bean 100 g
- cherry tomato 18-20
- lettuce leaves
- thyme sprig 5-7
- vegetable oil 5 tbsp
- 6% vinegar 3 tbsp
- garlic clove 2 clove
- mustard 1 tsp
- salt
- pepper
Instructions
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Rinse the mung beans under cold water.
Step 2 of 12
Bring 250 ml of water to a boil in a pot.
Step 3 of 12
Add the mung beans and cover with a lid. Cook for 20 minutes.
Step 4 of 12
Add salt. Cook for 10 minutes.
Step 5 of 12
Cut the cherry tomatoes in half (if using regular tomatoes, chop them finely).
Dressing Preparation
Step 6 of 12
Combine the vinegar and oil.
Step 7 of 12
Stir in the mustard.
Step 8 of 12
Add garlic pressed through a garlic press.
Step 9 of 12
Strip the thyme leaves from the stems and add them to the dressing.
Step 10 of 12
Season with pepper, salt, and mix.
Step 11 of 12
Combine the mung beans, cherry tomatoes, and lettuce.
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Pour in the dressing and toss.