Method:

• Take whole green gram and horse gram in a bowl. You can use any whole legume or gram or seeds.
• Rinse the whole grams thoroughly with running water.
• Next soak them in drinking water for eight to ten hours until the seeds become soft to press. By this time the skin will come off literally as you can see.
• Soaking time varies for each gram and you should decide by touching and feeling the softness.
• Once when the seeds are soaked enough, drain the excess water completely.
• Take the soaked gram in a thin damp cotton cloth.
• Cover the cloth and make a loose knot.
• Keep these soaked grams in the cotton cloth inside a metal strainer or bowl.
• Do not close the bowl and keep in a bright spot. No need to keep under direct sunlight as the seeds will be dried out before the germination process begins.
• In hot weather places, the grams will start sprouting in one day around 20-24 hours.
• Open the knot of the cloth and check the sprouts. Sprinkle some water again knot and wet the cloth with few drops of water to keep the dampness till the next day.
• In my place, the green gram and horse gram sprouts took two days to sprout up to one inch long. Hence decide based on the weather in your place on how long you must wait to grow sprouts. In some cold places, it may take up to one week to grow the sprouts
• Use these homemade sprouts in your salads, curries and stir fry recipes.