Mung Bean Sprouts with Step by step pictures. Learn how to make Mung Bean Sprouts at home easily. I have shared two methods of making bean sprouts. Chinese bean sprouts also included.
Mung Bean Sprouts
I have been consuming a lot of sprouts recently. Love how this simple bean become much more nutritious when they are sprouted. I have been adding it to salads, stir fries. Specially i love it with my fruit salad, i will post that tomorrow. Making sprouts at home is not at all a big deal.
It is so easy to make, i have been buying sprouts from shop all these days. But when i discovered the art of making it at home, i never go back to the supermarket stuff. You can sprouts any whole bean of your choice. You can consume these sprouted beans even raw or in salads. They are so protein rich substance to add to your diet.
Method 1: Mung Bean Sprouts Step by Step
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Find the best quality moong bean.. |
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take a cup of bean in a bowl |
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wash it throughly |
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now cover them with fresh water |
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cover them with a lid and let it soak |
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till they double in size |
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now drain them |
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Add them to a hot case or any container |
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cover with a lid |
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leave it overnight to sprout |
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Enjoy.. |
How to Grow Bean Sprouts at Home (Chinese Sprouts)
I have already shared a recipe for how to sprouts beans. Few days back i decided to make some international dishes and many of them called for this bean sprouts which are long. I wanted to try it at home and i made it. It was so good, they were crunchy and really tasty too..it is pretty easy and healthy to make at home.
Preparation Time : 5 mins
Sprouting Time : 7 to 8 days
Ingredients for Making Bean Sprouts
Organic Green Gram / Moong Bean - ½ cup
Steps to Make Bean Sprouts
Step 1:
Wash and soak moong bean in water overnight. Drain them.
Step 2:
Line a sieve with clean cloth and put the moong bean on it in a single layer. Now take a large container, place a small bowl in the bottom and place this sieve into the container. Cover with another cloth and put a lid partially covered. Let it sprout overnight.
Step 3:
Next day wash it well and put it again in the container. Keep doing this for 7 to 8 days until the moong beans are nicely grown. Now remove it from the cloth and remove the roots and leaves and use.
Method 2: Beans Sprouts (Chinese Method)
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Take moong beans and soak it in water overnight |
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you can remove the roots and use in cooking..You can remove the leaves too, but i like to leave it on.. |
📖 Recipe
Mung Bean Sprouts | How to sprout Mung Beans
Ingredients
- 1 cup Moong Bean | Green Gram
Instructions
- Take moong bean in a bowl and wash it with plenty of water.
- Now cover them with fresh water and let them soak for 6 to 8 hours.
- Now drain them completely. Now add them to a hot case or any container and cover them. leave them for 8 to 10 hours or overnight.
- Now you can see small sprouts peeking from them.
- Transfer them to a air tight container and store them in fridge for upto a week.
Bean Sprouts (How to Grow Long Bean Sprouts)
- Wash and soak moong bean in water overnight. Drain them.
- Line a sieve with clean cloth and put the moong bean on it in a single layer.
- Now take a large container, place a small bowl in the bottom and place this sieve into the container. Cover with another cloth and put a lid partially covered. Let it sprout overnight.
- Next day wash it well and put it again in the container.
- Keep doing this for 7 to 8 days until the moong beans are nicely grown.
- Now remove it from the cloth and remove the roots and leaves and use.
Video
Notes
- If you don't have a hot case. You can put them in a clean cloth and tie them. Now keep them in side a clean bowl and leave them overnight,
- if you want longer sprouts leave them out for a more time.
- Always store them in an air tight container in fridge.
- Drain the soaked bean completely before putting them in the hot case.
- You can follow this method to make sprouts with any bean like channa, mochai, peanuts, urad dal..But the soaking time with vary.
- Washing moong bean daily is much. If you can wash in the morning and evening.
- You can harvest the moong sprouts from 5th day onwards.
- Remove the roots, but you can keep the leaves.
Nutrition
Tips & Tricks
- If you don't have a hot case. You can put them in a clean cloth and tie them. Now keep them in side a clean bowl and leave them overnight,
- if you want longer sprouts leave them out for a more time.
- Always store them in an air tight container in fridge.
- Drain the soaked bean completely before putting them in the hot case.
- You can follow this method to make sprouts with any bean like channa, mochai, peanuts, urad dal..But the soaking time with vary.
For Long Bean Sprouts
- Washing moong bean daily is much. If you can wash in the morning and evening.
- You can harvest the moong sprouts from 5th day onwards.
- Remove the roots, but you can keep the leaves.
Veena Theagarajan
easier way to sprout!
beingFab
This is very useful!! Going to try it out tonight itself!
Hamaree Rasoi
useful post....
Nayana@Cherishdreamlive
Mine never sprouted long but I hv never tried putting in fridge, so will try. I love ur baby corn masala and garlic rice...so does everyone in the family...
Anonymous
I made sprouted mung beans just last week because we can't find them so frequently in our supermarkets. and apart from that i love to make as many things at home for cooking because then i actually know and see what goes in during the process :).
I made a spicy batter from flour and coated the sprouted beans in it and fried it. It was simply heavenly!! The crunchy batter combined with the soft sprouts was really good!!
Anonymous
Give me the recipe plz
virutha
Hai arthy pls post sprouting of channa dal n the soaking time for other dhall also.since I tried many times but failed.pls post it too.if can pls post how to sprput almond also.
Anonymous
Very very healthy recipe... Thank u Aarthi....
devi ramaswamy
Omg.. excellent.. till now i thought sprouting is a difficult task, and i always lazy to make it.. but after seeing your recipe, its damn easy... i will follow your instructions.. thank you Aarthi..