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Thursday, December 24, 2015

How to Make Sprouts | Sprouts Health Benefits | Homemade Sprouts Recipe

      Sprouts - what is it ? Its a nutrition packed whole grain with more fiber.Its really easy to make your own, in our house.When you make at home its fresh without any additives and or preservatives.Basically its a power house of vitamin K,folate,vitamin c and Vitamin A.More minerals like copper,zinc ,magnesium,iron and calcium.All these vitamins and minerals will be in tact when its not  Heated.
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      So eating raw sprouts bring in benefits and some bacteria  like E-coli as well.So if you suspect any bacterial infection, better heat and eat(I Hear you ,am really confused as to cook or not to cook now ).
    Some of the health benefits include  improving digestion because of its  fiber content  also has less starch  and less gas than its unsprouted counter parts.
      When you are looking for fiber content then you can cook your sprouts for sure.They are a great way to cure your constipation as well as diarrhea and can prevent some cancer.Remember ..Digestion of raw foods takes place in half the time compared to cooked food.So decide for yourself and serve a generous amount.If you happen to buy it from outside, be sure to buy from reputed store and wash before serving raw in your salad.
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   I have mentioned the methods i know off to grow/make sprouts in your house.If you know any better or some quick methods be sure to comment on this post so that others get to know your talent as well ,including me.One last note: You can include what ever bean for making sprouts.Be Sure to wash and throw away the floating beans while doing so.
 Some recipe for you can make Sprouts salad,Pesarattu ,pattani sundal,masala sundal,pasipayaru sundal ,Sprout patty.
How to make your own sprouts:
  • Add every bean to a bowl deep that's enough to hold the soaked grains.
  • Wash the grains 2-3 times without loosing the small grains like horse gram and green gram.
  • Soak it for around 8 hours.So that every bean get time to absorb some water in it.
  • If using Regular Pot: Drain all the water and Close the pot with lid .If its day, every few hours just mix to make all of them get enough air to sprout.
  • Check it after a day. kidney bean is not the one which is sprouted,other grains had a good tail.
                       
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                                                         How to Make sprouts

cabbage vada recipe                                   Homemade sprouts  

 Cuisine: Indian   Category:Basic Prep time:32 hours Cook time:
Total Time: 32 hours Yields:2 -3 cups of sprouts


Ingredients:
  • 1/4 cup Kondakadalai/black chickpeas.
  • 1/4 cup kidney beans.
  • 1/4 cup mochai/Field beans.
  • 1/4 cup pattani/Dried green peas.
  • 1/2 cup Pasipayaru/green gram.
  • 1/2 cup Kollu/horse gram.
Method:
  • Add everything to a bowl deep that's enough to hold the soaked grains.
  • Wash the grains 2-3 times without loosing the small grains like horse gram and green gram.
  • Soak it for around 8 hours.So that every bean get time to absorb some water in it.
Methods of Sprouting:
  • If using Regular Pot: Drain all the water and Close the pot with lid .If its day, every few hours just mix to make all of them get enough air to sprout.
  • If using cloth : After draining all the water put them inside and tie. Hang the tied cloth in tap (you can tie in nail too,but some bean may not get enough oxygen.
  • If using colander: Add drained bean to the colander or any holed plate large enough and keep another bowl on the bottom of colander to give a nice airflow.
  • Check it after a day. kidney bean is not the one which is sprouted,other grains had a good tail.
  • So your mixed bean spouts are ready .Use it for preparing salad,masala ,dosa or anything you wish.


5 comments:

  1. Super healthy, I love sprouts! Merry Christmas Sathya!

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  2. Good post Sathya. Wish u a happy xmas and a happy new year

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  3. That's a lovely post! I love sprouts so does HD...

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  4. Thanks for the post, you can add some salt, green chili and lemon juice to make it taste more better. It is simply full of healthy nutrients, you can also take help from the Noni fruit extract so as to make yourself healthy for long.

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