Pachai Payaru known as Mung beans are small green legumes. Mung beans are in the Legume family of plants and are closely related to adzuki and cowpeas. Mung (moong) beans are small, cylindrical beans with a bright green skin. Mung beans are one of the most cherished foods in Ayurveda. In Ayurvedic cooking, they are used whole or, more commonly, split and hulled. Split and hulled mung beans are small and yellow and called mung (moong) dhal in India.