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Sprouts | How to grow mixed sprouts at home

The process of growing Sprouts from scratch, with whole beans and legumes. Learn the natural germination process with stepwise pictures.
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Prep Time 10 hours
Germination time 2 days
Total Time 2 days 10 hours
Course Salad
Cuisine Global
Servings 400 g
Calories 40 kcal

Ingredients
  

Needed items:

  • 1 cup whole green moong (green gram)
  • ½ cup Horse gram
  • Water to sprinkle
  • Thin cotton cloth
  • Large metal strainer or filter bowl

Instructions
 

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.

Video

Notes

Tips:
1) As different legume/seed has different soaking time, decide based on your judgment. The maximum time the legumes are soaked the maximum growth of sprouts we can get.
2) Typically a week after germination, the sprouts will have the highest concentration and bioavailability of nutrients.

Nutrition

Calories: 40kcal
Keyword Growing mixed sprouts, How to make sprouts at home, Mulai kattiya payir, Sprouts
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