TAKE A CULINARY ADVENTURE WITH ME | DISCOVER A $6 MEAL THAT FEEDS 10
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- Опубліковано 29 чер 2024
- Join me on a culinary adventure to the East African country of Kenya for a delicious but very frugal meal. Today I'm excited to be making Ndengu with Chapati for the first time. This recipe will feed a large family on a budget, or you can just feed one and have freezer meals for later. This is a delicious and nutritious meal that costs only dollars to make.
NDENGU
Mung Beans- green grams
1 can diced tomatoes
1 small onion diced
1 bunch cilantro chopped
Optional * curry powder
Salt to taste
CHAPATI
1 cup white flour-use whole wheat flour if you have it. Can double the recipe
½ tsp salt
1 tablespoon olive oil or whatever vegetable oil or lard you have on hand
1/3 plus 1 tablespoon hot water
To feed 10 - OR MEAL PREP FOR ONE- AND FREEZER MEALS FOR LATER
Mung beans $3.99
1 can diced tomatoes .55 ALDI
1 bunch cilantro ALDI .49
.40 butter Walmart Great Value 1/2 stick
.20 garlic half clove .39 Walmart whole clove
.30 flour Walmart Great Value .94 2 pound bag
*optional curry powder .40, new bottle is $2.18 Great Value Walmart
Total =$5.93 -$6.33
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I absolutely love watching ur videos .... I always look for them, can't wait to see them & how creative u are. I enjoy these videos! Happy Holidays to u & ur family
Glad you like them! 😀Sorry I've been so behind with getting videos out this month! Happy New Year! 🎉🎊🥳
Loved seeing this!! Kenya has a large Indian population (brought over to Africa as early as 1600s as slaves, and later for very cheap labor, by the Dutch and British). What you’re making is essentially moong dal, very similar to urad dal (maa ki dal, aka dal makhni but without the butter). If curry powder seems too strong for some, please try a bit of garam masala instead. Also, you can’t go wrong with masala chips and Kenyan samosas! Thank you for sharing :)
Thanks for the info. Now I want to try the garam masala in the dish. I haven't used that spice much and I'm wondering how different it will taste. I'll have to add the masala chips and Kenyan samosas to my bucket list. I'll be googling later 😂. Feel free to share your favorite recipes.😉
THE FILLER MUSIC WAS SO FUN TO LISTEN TO!!!!!
Haha. I'm glad you liked it as much as I did. 😁
Did you know that the most common type of bean sprouts sold for salads or stir fries are actually mung beans? Very easy to do at home!
I did not know this. I'll have to try it.
Ethiopian food is just to die for! Absolutely one of my favorite cuisines!
Glad you agree with me. 😁 Yum 😋
In Chinese cooking, we make a lot desserts with mung bean. The easiest one is to make a chilled sweet soup of it. Water, mung bean, crystallized sugar, simmered until all the beans a soft and serve chilled. Sometimes I add water lily bulb in it. It’s a very summary soup. It’s supposed to cool you down. I also make a mung bean cake but that one is more complicated.
Interesting. 🤔 I'll have to try that this summer. I've never had water lily bulb. I'm wondering what that tastes like. Thanks so much for the feedback on this. I feel like I have so much exploring to do. 😁
What an awesome idea! With the global restrictions and inability to travel really anywhere, we have been missing that multicultural aspect of our cuisine. We are foodies, but never thought to do a "culinary tour" in our own homes. Thanks for keeping us entertained with your fun and inspiring content! All the best in 2022.
Happy New Year! 😁🥰 Thanks so much for your positive feedback on this video. I'm so glad you liked it as much as I did. I'll definitely be adding more of these "culinary adventure" videos to the mix. Thank you for watching 😊👩🍳
I'm Trini and always eat this way. It's shocking the amount of money so many Americans waste of bad, tasteless,poor quality foods.
@@KittyKat-vb1nd can you please share some basic simple and easy meals of your day to day?
I was surprised when I read the video title and pleasantly surprised at how yummy the recipes looked & sounded. Thanks for expanding our culinary taste buds.
I actually struggled with the title. 😂 It's best to limit the words and at the last minute I changed it this morning before posting. It was much longer. Thanks for the feedback.. I'm never sure how my videos will go over.
So u can soak & rinse them for few days and stretch ur budget even further by using them sprouted ( they will be more filling )
Yes! I love sprouted mung beans. Great in salads.
I hope you make the culinary adventure a series. I enjoyed the content, music, and of course the recipes! Love your channel. ❤️
Thank you so much! I'm definitely going to make it a series! It was too much fun! Plus we can discover a LOT of budget friendly dishes from other cultures. Thanks for watching 😁
Koreans use mung beans - try mung bean pancakes! They are savory and delicious. Also, most vegan egg products are made with mung beans like Just Egg. You can easily make a vegan egg substitute at home with mung beans and make scrambles and omelettes
Wow. I can see how mung bean would be perfect for an egg substitute due to its thick consistency. Thanks for the tips! I have SO MUCH exploring to do. 😂
Our Tribe of Many is my favorite UA-cam channel. Now yours is too!
Hi Diane 😊 Thank you so much 🥰 I love that family! I watch them all the time. I'm glad you are enjoying my content!
I have a mini crockpot like that one. I use it to make a warm fruit compote for 1, warming gravy when cooking a big meal and all the stove burners are in use. To name just a few uses.
Yes! It would be perfect for warming gravy. 👍 How do you eat the fruit compote? Are you pouring it over something or eating it on its own?
@@ArdentMichelleI like to scoop it over ice cream or pound cake, even pancakes, but have also just eaten it by itself. 😋
Great recipe. I love watching Sarah and Solo cook on Our Tribe of Many. He makes some great Kenyan recipes.
Thank you 😁I enjoy that channel. Now I'm excited to discover more Kenyan recipes. 😋👩🍳
I lived your video, but then again, I always love your content, from the ideas for different foods, & the cute ideas that I have gotten from your table decor on certain occasions...that has confirmed for me that it is nice to have a cute set up. I'll have to try making the chapati, I too watched our tribe of many make it, the grandmother from Kenya made it when she was here visiting, only she made chapati in the firm of rolls, like dinner rolls. They look delicious either way. Anyway, jeep up the great videos!! Have a nice week
Thanks Debbie. 😁I didn't see that episode. I'll have to see if I can find it. I would love to see how she made her chapati. I'm sorry I didn't get to do more for my Christmas videos ☹️ I was looking forward to it but the time just got away from me. Glad you like that part of my content as much as I do. Happy New Year!
Looks great! I have purchased mung beans in an Indian grocery. I added them to a vegetable cutlet recipe. A fellow shopper told me I could plant mung beans directly in soil or I could sprout the beans in a jar. Thanks for the video. Your recipe is going on my to make list.
Awesome 👍 I've been wanting to try sprouting. Soon....very soon!
I use the large tortillas from dollar tree browned on one side under the broiler , then flipped, buttered and sprinkled with an indian spice called either Hing or Asephoetida. I serve it with split mung bean dal.
I will look for those spices. I've never tried them. What do you put in your split mung bean dal?
I put coriander, cumin,turmeric,and cayenne pepper in my mung bean dal.It is a less soupy version.For 7oz split mung beans soak for 3hours in 1and one half pints water.Then mix spices with aTbsp of water add the drained mung beans with spices,their liquid and 1cup water .cook for 15 minutes.can be topped with fried onion rings.
Another great video, everything looks scrumptious! I’ve never made African food but have had some Ethiopian food a couple times and loved it. Thank you for sharing the recipe and for making this video.
Thanks for watching! I'll occasionally be doing a "Travel" themed video for budget meals. It was a lot of fun 😁
loved it
Thank you 🥰
I love moong beans and onions sambosas . An Indian dish. These beans splinted when u soaked them because they actually started to sprout ( which is a healthy thing. They are a whole intact seed not like red lentils which are split already when u buy them )
Sounds good. I'll have to look this up.
I love your content! I have never tried Mung beans. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks so much 😁 I'm glad you are enjoying my videos. If you try this recipe, let me know what you think. It's odd to realize there are all of these beans in the world that I've never even been exposed to.
African food is one of my favorites. Sweet Adejely is one of my favorite channels.
And mung beans make the best sprouts. If you have some extra you should try it. They're my favorite sprout.
Hi Jacinda 😁 Thanks for the heads up on Sweet Adejely. I've been wanting to try sprouting and plan to do so very soon. 👍
@@ArdentMichelle you'll love her videos. Like you she's all about the spice. Not hot necessarily, but layers of flavor.
Ethiopian/Eritrean food is Bangin! I stop at one of those restaurants at least once a month
YUM 😋
This looks delicious!
Glad you think so. It was tasty! 😋
I’m so making this!! Looks yummy and healthy!!
Yay! Glad you liked this one 😁 👩🍳
Enjoy your videos v much. The coriander stalks are tasty too: cooked or chopped into bread dough or saved for yoghurt dip etc.
Yes..you are so right. I did try them and they are very tasty. Not sure why I haven't always used them 🤔
I love that channel! What a sweet family
Yes me too!! I love watching big families. It makes me so happy! They are refreshing to watch at the end of the day.
Mung beans are used so much in Asian cooking. They are used as sprouts. They are so easy to sprout which magnifies the vitamins.
Really? I need to do more research. There are so many more recipes to explore. I have yet to try sprouting. 🤔 This is going on my bucket list.
I cook the mung beans, chill, add celery, onion, lemon tomato olive oil, salt and pepper, super refreshing. Great video, Happy New Year, ShanaaRae
Sounds great! Happy New Year 🎉🥳
That mini warmer is wonderful for melting chocolate… useful for baking when you need to dip cookies or truffles etc in warm chocolate.
That's a great idea!👍 I'm excited to use it. I have another small one so it will be nice to have two, especially when I'm entertaining.
Thanks for trying these new recipes. I’m going to add this to my menu this week. Debi in Vicksburg, MS. 🥰🥰
Yay! Hope you like this recipe as much as I do. 😁👩🍳
I can't wait to try these mung beans and "tortillas"! I'm into powdered things now -- while pricey to begin with, they are concentrated, keep for a very long time, and are very full of flavor. I can imagine powdered spinach instead of cilantro and some umami with powdered mushroom, along with a pinch or two of curry. Since my bean creations are only for me, I eat a pot full for a whole week at lunch. Mung means seem like a special treat. Please go with this geographic emphasis because trying new foods is great fun! Two requests though, there are a surprising number of people who need to avoid tomatoes (nightshades) and dairy. Thank you for your efforts as always!
@Susan Jane. I have a bottle of powdered spinach that I use occasionally. Just have to remember that it turns your dish green. Lol. Didn't expect that the first time I used it.
@@patpeters6331 Too true! Too much does cause color changes. The powders without additives helps, but so does moderation. If you make a smoothie with fresh spinach it's mega green. I've found that carrot and mushroom powder also cause color changes when used in quantity... but so does fresh carrot soup and stew with lots of mushrooms.
Yeah I do the same. Make a big pot of something in the crockpot and then eat the leftovers for a few days.
Where do you purchase the powdered veggies? I've never heard of them before. Interesting 🤔
@@ArdentMichelle Nuts.com has some. Their prices are a tad high but I love their quality -- no clumping and super fine powder. And nuts.com has good resealable heavy-duty bags which is great -- powders get ugly fast if they get damp or wet. If you have a dehydrator or freeze-drier you can make your own -- not me but I've seen it done on UA-cam. Warning: smoothie supplement sellers often add junk to their powders. The best in my humble opinion have single ingredient powders with no flavorings, preservatives, or additives.
@@susanjane4784 Thanks for the info 😁 I will check nuts.com out.
LOL I as well followed Our Tribe Of Many and loved the Ndengu, I've made it several times since and Love it!!
It's so good and healthy too. I love watching UA-cam channels with large families. 😁 Thank you for watching my video!
Missed you! Hope you had a nice Holiday! We're still recovering here. Going to have a pantry clean out/low spend month in January. Time to rotate the goods! Nice recipe!
I missed you guys too! ☹️I may have to join you for that pantry clean out. I've got some extreme budget challenges coming up in January. I need to save money after some excess spending for Christmas!
@@ArdentMichelle I love the extreme budget challenges
I live in rural North East Missouri, I am vegan and a single. The Dollar General is 15 miles away, and the closest major chain is an hour away. Please consider some Dollar General vegan meals. I am a good cook and I love your channel, I am often learning something new from you.
I would love to do a challenge at Dollar General. There is one not too far from me. I will check it out.
Ethnic dishes are the best! Thanks for introducing the mung bean. I actually have some in the pantry but have never cooked them. It looks like it can be in place of red lentils in the Persian version of dal adas.
Couldn't agree more. I think American food is my least favorite. I just googled dal adas, and that is now on my bucket list. Feel free to throw suggestions for yummy meals to try my way 😂 Glad you liked this video. Thanks for watching!
This has been wandering around my mind and I came up with the perfect reasons to try traditional foods from other countries and cultures -- these recipes have been around for hundreds of years in some cases making them tried and true, they are often are based on natural ingredients, and they can be simple to prepare and enjoy. Sounds like a big win to me!
Mung beans are used to make traditional bean sprouts. These beans are also used to make pancakes in Korean.
Wow I didn't know they were used to make our common bean sprouts and I love the idea of using them in pancakes because it would make them so much more nutritious. I wish this was my full time job. I would have so much fun😁 I want to experiment
Went to the liquidation store here in my tiny town and paid $1.99 a pound for tomatoes, $2.00 for a medium-size loaf of bread, nothing special, $.99 for one small avocado, and I don’t remember what I paid for the rest. Altogether I got about five tomatoes because I’m going to dry them like you said, two bananas, one jalapeño, one loaf of bread, a bunch of cilantro, and one red pepper, which was really cheap for this area at a dollar. Total came to $8.76. No way am I gonna eat for $15 a week. I’ve got lots of stuff in my pantry and freezer so I’m not gonna go hungry but I wanted to challenge myself.
The tomatoes are higher than the .99 per pound I can normally get them for, but the other items don't sound like a bad deal. I have a lot of stuff in my pantry too. Better to just supplement and use up some pantry items. I need to do this 👍
Mong bean either green or red cooked in sugar and orange zest makes dessert. Serve hot or cold. A Chinese Comfort food.
Thanks for the recipe.👍 I'll definitely give this a try. I love exploring recipes from other areas.
Loved this video, AM! I too follow Sarah and Solo on OUR TRIBE OF MANY, and really enjoy Solo's cooking.
YES!! They are a pleasure to watch! Glad you liked this video. Happy New Year 🎉🎊👩🍳🥰
What kind of curry did you use? Im not a huge curry fan. I dont dislike it..it just isnt my favorite. I've never tried spicy curry and I do like spocier foods. Medium heat is what I enjoy most.
ETA..this looks absolutely delicious!
I used the Walmart brand. In the last video I used the curry powder from Wilco's bulk food section and it has been my favorite so far. The Winco is fairly mild and the Walmart has some heat to it.
@@ArdentMichelle Thank you!
I use lung beans for making sprouts .
I really need to try sprouting. 🤔
Ethiopian food is my favorite!!!!!! 🥳🎉🤩😍 There’s a great Ethiopian restaurant in Sacramento and one in Seattle. 🥰
Yay for Ethiopian food! I can't wait to get out and start dining out again. There is one in Anaheim CA which is probably the closet to me. I'll have to suffer through traffic, but I'm eager to go.
Wish I had this type of selection in texas :( I dont even have a mexican market in my town and i'm 4 hours from mexico! We only have HEB and walmart
Oh geez... that's too bad. I do feel fortunate to live near so many different grocery markets to shop at. I just checked and I'm one hour and 34 minutes from the Mexico border. 😂
Ethiopian is one of our favorite types of cuisine.💓💓💙💙
Yay! Can't wait to try more dishes! 😁
I got online and checked my local Walmart for mung beans and it looked like they had to be shipped but I would not say they were cheap.
Yes I see what you mean. 🤔 I got mine at an ethnic market where they were cheaper. That's a bummer.
Yep
Beans n grains
Poor man’s meals
Remember u need dairy too tho
N veggies, hopefully fruit
Understood 👍 Thanks for watching!
Please try authentic sri lankan food..so many vegetarian and vegan foods..meat and fish is always a side dish, never center stage..my mother is sri lankan, so I grew up with hone cooked sri lankan food. Sri lankan mung beans curry is so so so creamy 😍😍😍😍
Yay! I would love to try it! 😁But I need some help.... Can you send me a good recipe (or multiple recipes )that is budget friendly? My email is Ardentmichelle1@gmail.com 👩🍳 Send me a recipe and I might cook it on my channel. This may be great for my "travel series". I've had multiple requests to do this again. It was a lot of fun.
I looked it up you don't need to soak mung beans before cooking!
Thanks for letting me know. It was weird that they split a little in the water. Next time I'm going to cook them on low for longer, so that I can feel the satisfaction of using my crockpot without overcooking them 😂
what do you mean by regular oil? to me olive oil is my standard and i stay away from canola oil and vegetable oil which can have some bad side effects and vegetable oil is 9/10 just soybean oil which is terrible for yiu
Yes olive oil is my standard oil as well. In the context of what I was talking about, I said if they didn't have olive oil that any other oil would work.
Don’t waste the coriander stalks. They taste the same and when chopped and cooked are just as good.
Another viewer told me that also. I will definitely be keeping the stems from now on. Good tip 👍. Thanks for watching 😁