Monggo/Monggos/Mung Bean
Ontik's favorite style of monggo. This is how our mother Ontik cooked her monggo and I want to share eat(it) with you.
Ingredients:
1 small pack or 400 gram mung bean or monggo(soak for an hour with water and washed prior to boiling: see video for the process)
1/2 to 3/4 kilo pork ribs into desired cut
1 small pack shrimp or 1 cup
1 pack baby spinach
2 small bitter melon/ampalaya/paliya
1 small squash/kalabasa
2 pork cubes(optional)
1 can coconut milk/cream(optional)
1 medium red onion/white into desired cut
Few onion leaves
2 tbsp. cooking oil or more(optional)
2 handful chicharon/pork rind(optional)
1 tsp. ground black pepper or more as preferred
1 tbsp. roasted garlic(optional)
salt to taste