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How to Sprout Mung Beans

How to Sprout Mung Beans
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Course: Salad
Cuisine: Indian
Author: Poonam

Ingredients

  • Mung Beans

Instructions

  • Select good quality whole mung beans which are uniform in size and color.
  • Take the amount of mung beans you want to sprout in a plate.
  • Look for very small sized beans (which would generally not swell up on soaking or sprout there after) if any. Pick and clean the mung beans .
  • Now wash the beans in water thoroughly.
  • In a bowl take the mung beans. Add enough water (the water should be 1 inch above the mung beans) and cover it.
  • Soak the beans overnight. Next day the mung beans will swell .
  • Drain all the water from beans, wash the soaked beans once , drain.
  • Take a clean kitchen napkin or a cotton cloth and keep the soaked mung beans in the cloth.
  • Tighten the cloth. Sprinkle little water over the cloth so that it is becomes moist.
  • Keep it in a covered container for 1-2 days. Make sure the cover is not very tight.
  • After one day, you will see small sprouts and they will grow after 2 days.
  • The sprouted beans stay fresh in the fridge for upto 2 days.