Northeast Mung Bean 2025 New Crop Lu Dou 500g 1000g Clean Culinary Green Beans for Soup Congee and Summer Drinks

Northeast Mung Bean, known in Chinese as Lü Dou (绿豆), is the dried seed of Vigna radiata, a staple culinary and traditional botanical. In TCM theory, mung bean is considered sweet and cooling and is traditionally associated with clearing summer heat. These 2025 new-crop beans are naturally sun-dried and hand-sorted for a clean, uniform lot. Suitable for soups, congee, sprouting, and everyday kitchen use; store cool and dry.

Key Selling Points

• 2025 new-crop mung beans from Northeast China with natural sun-drying
• Identified as Lü Dou (绿豆), the dried seed of Vigna radiata
• Cleaned and sorted for a low-impurity, uniform bean lot
• Traditionally valued in TCM as a sweet cooling food for summer
• Versatile for mung bean soup, congee, desserts, and home sprouting

Quality & Sensory

Typically deep green with a slight yellow-green cast, the beans are firm, smooth, and uniform in size with a clean, mild legume aroma. When simmered, they typically soften to a creamy texture with a gently sweet, starchy flavor and a pale green-yellow broth.

Technical Specifications

Usage Scenarios

• Simmer into classic Chinese mung bean soup for summer refreshment
• Cook with rice into mung bean congee or porridge
• Use in sweet desserts, pastes, and chilled drinks
• Sprout at home for fresh bean sprouts
• Add to savory stews and mixed-grain dishes

Traditional Uses

In Chinese food tradition, mung bean soup is a classic summer preparation, often simmered until the beans split and lightly sweetened, sometimes with lotus seeds or lily bulbs. Mung beans are also cooked into congee with rice or job's tears and used in festive desserts and pastes. In TCM theory, Lü Dou is regarded as sweet and cooling and traditionally associated with relieving summer heat.

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