I-mung beans, eyaziwa nangokuthi i-green gram noma i-moong dal, iwuhlobo lwe-legume olutshalwa kakhulu ngembewu yalo enomsoco. Lawa mabhontshisi amancane, aluhlaza ayisithako esiyisisekelo ekudleni okuningi kwase-Asia futhi aziswa kakhulu ngenxa yamaprotheni amaningi, imisoco ebalulekile, kanye nokuhlukahluka ekuphekeni. Ubhontshisi we-mung uyinketho ethandwayo yazo zombili izinjongo zokupheka nezokudla, enikeza uhla lwezinzuzo zezempilo kanye nezicelo zokupheka.

Mayelana nokudla, ubhontshisi we-mung ungumthombo ocebile wamaprotheni, i-fiber yokudla, amavithamini namaminerali. Ziphezulu kakhulu ku-folate, i-iron, i-magnesium, ne-potassium, okuzenza zibe isengezo esibalulekile ekudleni okulinganiselayo. Ubhontshisi we-mung nawo unama-kilojoule aphansi namafutha, okuwenza abe ukukhetha okunempilo kulabo abafuna ukugcina ukudla okunomsoco.

Ekuphekeni, ubhontshisi we-mung usetshenziswa ezitsheni ezahlukahlukene, kufaka phakathi isobho, izitshulu, ama-curries, namasaladi. Angamila ukuze kukhiqizwe amahlumela kabhontshisi anomsoco futhi aqatha, asetshenziswa kakhulu kumasaladi nama-stir-fries. Ubhontshisi wemung ungagaywa ube ufulawa futhi usetshenziselwe ukwenza ukudla okuhlukahlukene kwendabuko kwase-Asia, njengama-noodle, amakhekhe, nama-dessert.

Inhlama kabhontshisi wemung, owenziwe ngobhontshisi womhlabathi, iyisithako esivamile kumaswidi namakhekhe ase-Asia, okwengeza ukuthungwa okucebile, okukhilimu kanye ne-flavour emnandi kancane. Ukwengeza, ubhontshisi we-mung ungasetshenziswa ukwenza isidlo esidumile esibizwa ngokuthi "dal" ekudleni kwamaNdiya, lapho ubhontshisi uphekwa khona ube isitshulu esimnandi, esinokhilimu esinezinongo namakhambi.

Ngaphandle kokusetshenziswa kwawo ekuphekeni, ubhontshisi ubuye usetshenziswe ekukhiqizeni amahlumela kabhontshisi, okuyisithako esidumile kumasaladi, amasemishi kanye nama-stir-fries. Amahlumela kabhontshisi we-mung aziwa ngokuthungwa kwawo okuqinile kanye ne-flavour ethambile, yamantongomane, engeza isici esiqabulayo kuzinhlobonhlobo zezitsha.