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10:55 AM | 05-01-2021
Sprouts are alive, whole, living foods. Easy to digest and bursting with nutrition, they can add body to your salads, soups etc. Do you shy away from sprouting because you are unfamiliar with the process or don’t know how to use them? Don’t miss out on their nutritional benefits. Read on to know all about sprouts from this article.
What are sprouts?
These are seeds that have germinated and become very young plants, theyare the very first shoots of various kinds of seeds. Along with fruits, vegetables and nuts, sprouts are our natural foods.
Benefits of sprouts
This multi-purpose food supports a wide range of needs.
But most importantly eat it because they are live foods, full of wholesome nutrition.
How to eat sprouts?
It’s best to eat sprouts in their raw form as cooking is likely to destroy the heat-sensitive enzymes present in them. You can read more about food enzymes in our blog on raw foods. In case you are more comfortable eating cooked sprouts, then lightly steam them in a steamer. Lesser the exposure to heat, the more nutritive value will be retained.You can add the sprouts in salads, soups, roll them up with rotis, mix them in chaat, make condiments like raita and pickles(like methi sprouts pickle) or gently stir fry them. Do not discard any part of the sprout - use the whole sprout - the seed, the shell, the root, the stem and any tiny green leaves.
Grow your live food at home!
For people who tend to skip the sprouts routine because it feels cumbersome, here is a step-by-step guide to help you get started.
What can you sprout?
Many different types of seeds, any whole legume or grain can be sprouted. Our favorites are moong daal (saabut green), moth daal, kala chana, lobia (raungee) and peanut.
You can even try sprouting grains like ragi and whole wheat or seeds like mustard and fenugreek etc.
Experiment sprouting a new item every week till you get it right. Some pulses and seeds are easier to sprout but others take more time. However, with patience and trials, you can become a sprouting ninja.
Try sprouting a variety from our sprouting chart.
Legumes:‘Moong’ (gram), whole ‘masur’ (red lentil), ‘chowli’ (black-eye pea), ‘chana’ (chickpea), ‘kala chana’ ( black chickpea), ‘matki’ (moth bean).
Nuts and seeds:Alfalfa seeds, sesame (‘til’) seeds, fenugreek (‘methi’) seeds, coriander (‘dhaniya’) seeds, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, muskmelon seeds and mustard (‘rai’) seeds.
Grains:Wheat, jowar, bajra, ragi
Sprouting exercise - What you need?
Prep time: Total 24 hours of which our prep time – 15 minutes (the rest is nature’s work!)
What to do?
If not sprouted by next day – rinse, drain and keep aside again. Don’t worry! Nature will take its own course!
Want to add sprouts to your kid’s meals? Check out this sprouts tikki recipe.
You can even make healthy sprouted grains malt drinks like a ragi malt. It is a great replacement to tea,coffee or commercially bought packaged drinks.
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10:04 AM | 07-01-2021
Hi Pearl. The benefits have been explained in the article above. Do read the article & let us know if you have any further questions.
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