Once the bottle is clean and dry, “put about a hundred grams of mung or green beans inside,” Ninh explained while pouring the beans inside a yellow milk carton through a funnel. She then ...

Dried beans need soaking for several hours before cooking, preferably overnight. Add a teaspoonful of bicarbonate of soda to speed things up. An even quicker method is to bring them to the boil in ...

1. Wash and rinse the mung beans several times until the water is clear. Soak the beans for about one hour. 2. Soak the dried kelp pieces until they become soft and cut them into thick strips.