Sprouts are essential in Asian cuisine. We use in making curries, salad, Indian bread and stir frys. Sprouts provides us wealth of nutrition in a small package. Sprouted beans can stay fresh almost one week in the fridge and more than a month in a freezer.
You will need :-
- 1 cup any beans ( I have used Green Mung beans, Brown round Masoor Beans and Brown very small Moth - matki Beans )
- 3-4 cup water
- 1 muslin cloth or Kitchen paper
- Colander or wicker basket. or any big bowl will be fine.
Throughly clean the beans and wash them in a stream of water.
Soak beans at least 7-8 hours or overnight.
Drain them completely and loosely tie them in a cloth or kitchen towel. ( I like to use disposible kitchen towel ) Sometimes beans can leave a stains on a muslin cloth and I don't like it.
Leave tied beans in a basket or bowl and leave it on a window sill for another 8-10 hours.
If cloth or paper looks dry, sprinkle little water on it.
You'll be able to see sprouting on a second or early third day.
Leave it few hours more if you want the sprout tail longer.
Store in a container and leave it in the fridge.
Use it when required.
Note :- I soaked my beans on a Friday morning, Friday afternoon I tied them and on Saturday afternoon my sprouted beans were ready.
thanks for sharing this informative post!
ReplyDeleteI always crave for sprouts in the morning. Yours look very healthy and colorful.
ReplyDeleteDeepa
very useful post :)
ReplyDeleteFantastic, i do the same way too..Even now am sprouting fenugreek seeds.
ReplyDeleteIt's so true, Jagruti - modern conveniences are certainly a wonderful thing much of the time, but there are some skills worth retaining! This is a wonderful tutorial and thanks for sharing. Please remember to include a link back to Made with Love Mondays...
ReplyDeleteHi Mark..so sorry, I don't know how I miss to add link here. done :)
ReplyDeleteHi Jagruti, lovely tutorial! I found you through Mark's email today. I recently posted a mung bean sprout curry recipe, I hope that you will check it out x
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