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Sample Recipe - Korean Mung Bean Pancakes
Ingredients
Fr the Pnk
u peeled and split mung bn, kd n warm water fr at lt tw hur
1 u water
1 Tablespoon dnjng r brown m
2 tn ugr
cup brwn rice flur
1 u f chopped hv (scallions and lk r good, t)
1 u f hrddd carrot
a couple Tablespoons oil fr n-frng (n neutral-flavored oil)
Fr th Dng Su:
3 Tablespoons soy u 1 teaspoon m oil
tn ugr
tn ghugru (Korean rd r flakes) or tn common red r flk