Homemade Sprouts | How to make sprouts?

Homemade Sprouts | How to make sprouts?

How to make sprouts at home with green gram & black chana is explained in this post with pictures and tips. Sprouts are protein packed no cook healthy platter that is commonly eaten in morning and as snack. Sprouts salad, sprouts rice and sprouts sundal are the usual recipes made with sprouts.

Prep Time3

Total Time3

Servings0.5 cup

AuthorSharmilee J

Ingredients

1/2 cup green moong bean / pachapayaru

or

1/2 cup black chana

or

1/2 cup any bean

Instructions

Take the bean you want to make sprouts here I’ve used green moong bean. Rinse it well twice or thrice.
Transfer this to a bowl and soak it in water for at least 6-7 hrs or preferably overnight.
Then next day drain water and transfer to a clean muslin cloth.
Bring the corners of the muslin cloth to the center, tie a knot and keep aside undisturbed for at least 8 hrs.
You can also keep it in a container/casserole (hot pack) and keep it closed.
After 8 hours, if you open you can see the sprouts coming.
We usually like the medium sprout not too long ones.
But if you want more lengthy sprouts, then keep aside for another 3-4 hours extra. But just open and check then leave it undisturbed don't toss or turn over.
Each bean takes different amount of time for the sprout to be visible. I tried to make sprouts with black chana using the same above method and it took around 2.5 days
For black chana you need to soak overnight.
You can either make salad with fresh sprouts or make a stir fry with it. You can also use this for any chaats like pani puri , dahi puri etc.