How to make sprouts
Easy homemade sprouts in three ways.
Yield: 1 cup/each
Equipment
- Cloth or paper towel or thermos
- strainer
Materials
- 1/4 cup Mung bean
- 1/4 cup horse gram
- 1/4 cup chickpeas
- water
Instructions
Using cloth method
- Soak the beans for 8-12 hours. Rinse well until you see clear water. Drain them in a strainer.
- Take a damp cloth and place the drained beans in the middle and fold the cloth on all sides fully covered. Invert it.
- Keep it in a warm place for 8-10 hours. Spray the cloth with water if it is dry. Once you see the sprouts remove from cloth and use it.
Using Papertowel & strainer method
- Soak the beans for 8-12 hours. Rinse well until you see clear water. Remove excess water.
- Place the soaked beans in a strainer with a paper towel on it. Rest the strainer over a bowl. This bowl will collect the extra water.
- Cover it with a few paper towels on the top and spray water on top if it is dry. After 12-24 hours you can see the seeds have germinated well.
Using Thermos method
- Soak, rinse, and drain the beans well.
- Once drained completely transfer to the thermos and close it. After 12-24 hours you can see the seeds have germinated well.
Notes
- If you want your sprouts longer, keep them for 8-12 hours more.
- Each bean sprouts at a different time. Chickpeas take longer than mung bean and lentils.
- Try with lentils if you don't find horse gram.