Take
the bean that you are sprouting, wash well and soak it in water for 6
hours, then drain the beans from water, store it in a vessel or a muslin
cloth. The sprouts starts coming out overnight.
If you are
planning to make mixed bean or berry sprouts, then you got to know how
long each one takes to sprout . It also depends on the climatic
conditions of the place you reside. I am giving details based on our
climatic conditions.
After sprouting Moong dal and enjoying it
over months, we have now moved to sprouting other beans like Chick pea,
Peas, Black Eye Pea, Wheat Berries.
We either eat them as such
raw, or par boil it for few minutes and make a salad. You can even stir
fry it to make it more edible. But my catch you, if you eat this
regularly you will get used to it.
Sprouting time for Moong Dal, Peas, Black Eye Pea,All
these beans take about the same time to sprout. All these have to be
sprouted separately. Wash the beans and soak in water for 6-8 hours.
Then drain the water from the beans. Store these separately for about 6
hrs or overnight. By morning, you will find the sprouts, Store these in
fridge to prevent further sprouting. When you store in fridge, the
sprouting speed is reduced but not stopped.
Chick pea.Follow the same process as above, but this takes few more hours extra for sprouting to start.
Wheat BerryWheat
berries take the longest time to germinate. Soak the Wheat berries for 6
hours, then drain in and store in a vessel overnight, Next day you can
again wash in water and drain and store for another 6 hrs.Totally it
takes about 2 days for a Wheat Berry to sprout.
When
you have all the beans sprouted, you can make a mixed sprout salad with
or without adding vegetables. Since Moong dal, Peas and Black Eye pea
are soft, they can be consumed raw. But you can parboil the chick pea
and Wheat berries before eating them.
Also since these sprouts are rich in enzymes and mineral, its advisable to consume in small quantities.