Have you ever thought of making ice cream with beans? Yes you can! And it’s delicious, not to mention its high fiber and protein content. So if you’re curious, let us show you how we made these Mung Bean Ice Pops!
Ice cream made with beans is actually a thing all over Asia. And while in Thailand we tried Adzuki Bean Ice Cream and we loved them!
After making this sweet mung bean paste for our munggo hopias, we thought, why not use the paste as a base for ice cream?
And that’s how our recipe for yellow mung bean ice cream came about. And it’s super easy!
To start you need to get dried mung beans. These tiny yellow beans are made from peeled and halved whole green mung beans. You can also find them as mung dal or moong Dal.
Then follow the steps below to soak, cook and puree the beans and you are ready to make the ice cream mix.
Besides mung beans, you only need two other ingredients: milk and sugar.
But if you want to make the ice cream dairy free and sugar freeuse coconut milk and erythritol sweetener like we do.
Once you’ve got the ice cream mix together, simply pour it into popsicle molds and let the freezer do the rest.
We bet these mung bean popsicles will surprise you! they taste sweet, nutty, a little beany, and have a rich texture. Truly unique!
And they are not only delicious, but also healthy. Imagine that one of these ice pops is 20% protein and 35% fiber. Everything in it only 60 calories. Wow!
So this Mung Bean Ice Cream is brilliant if you’re after a weight loss, high protein ice cream Recipe!
And for even more healthier ice cream recipes, check out our Pistachio Banana Gelato and Jackfruit Jam Ice Cream. And why not try this avocado matcha sorbet too? You will love it!