Spiced Mung Bean and Meatball Soup

I don’t really think we do enough with the little mung bean – he’s pretty, and incredibly versatile. It doesn’t help that someone gave him the wrong name – he’s actually a pea trying to compete in a big bean world. He’s very nutritious, and has the advantage of being a pulse that cooks relatively quickly. Mung beans are part of Persian cuisine, but more in the east of the country – they are extremely important in neighbouring Afghanistan and Pakistan. Many of my customers have never made th