Making Sprouts, An Illustrated Guide

Sprouts are hugely nutritious, cheap, home grown organic food…the ultimate survival food….everyone should know how to grow them!  The best ones to start with are mung, sunflower, all types of lentils, fenugreek and chick pea.

1- Put the organic beans in a cleaned bean or coffee jar, fill with water, cover with mosquito net or muslin and fix with elastic bands.

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2- Cover with a towel so that light cannot reach the beans.  Leave them over night to rehydrate.

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3- In the morning they will have swollen.

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4- Drain the water.  You might want to hold the elastic band with your hand in case it comes off, as you don’t want to lose your beans in the sink.  Fill with water again and drain again in order to rinse them thoroughly.  If you use hot water by accident, which is easier to do than you’d realise, you will kill the sprouts, so always be careful which tap you’re using!

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5- Place the drained beans on a dish rack or some other type of rack (cleaned shower bottle-rack for example) at a slight angle so that the water can drain out, but not completely upside down with the beans crammed against the net.  Maximum air is necessary for them to breathe.  Place the rack in a bowl or tray to gather the drops of water.