yellow split gram/mung beans/moong dal

Mung beans (also green gram, moong), are little green seeds that are yellow inside. Mung beans are used for both sweet and savoury dishes in Indian cooking.
Mung beans (also green gram, Hindi: moong, Gujarati: mug), are little green seeds that are yellow inside. Mung beans are used for both sweet and savoury dishes in Indian cooking. They are eaten whole, sprouted, split with the skins on and split with the skins removed. In fact, mung dal (split with the skins removed) is a commonly used lentil.

Mung beans with their skins on have a flavour reminiscent of green leafy vegetables but the mung dal with the skins removed has a mild sweet flavour and is often used for desserts as well as making kichidi and mung dal.
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