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Mung Bean Sprouts | How to sprout Mung Beans

Mung Bean Sprouts with Step by step pictures. Learn how to make Mung Bean Sprouts at home easily.
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Calories: 718kcal

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.

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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.
 
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.

Nutrition

Serving: 1servings | Calories: 718kcal | Carbohydrates: 130g | Protein: 49g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.3g | Sodium: 31mg | Potassium: 2579mg | Fiber: 34g | Sugar: 14g | Vitamin A: 236IU | Vitamin C: 10mg | Calcium: 273mg | Iron: 14mg
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