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Bean Sprouts Mix can easily top the charts as one of the healthiest food items. It’s very rich in proteins, fiber, vitamins & minerals. Unlike beans that can cause digestion problems, sprouting destroys the seed’s natural preservative enzymes that inhibit digestion. In turn creates an enzyme that aids digestion.

You can sprout several different kinds of seeds like -

• Mung beans
• Kidney beans, Black eyed peas, Pinto beans etc
• Soy beans
• Lentils

Sprouting is a very simple process that doesn’t need any special equipment, detailed attention or great technique. We just need to mimic the underground environment where seeds grow for them to sprout like moisture, darkness & bit of warmth. So let’s get started -

Sprouting the beans

1. Soak your beans for about 8 hours in water. I generally use a mixture of
   • Mung Beans
   • Kidney Beans
   • Black Eyed Peas
2. After 8 hours, the beans would have increased in size by absorbing water. Drain off the water & rinse them well.
3. Take a damp cloth or kitchen towel & put the beans in them. Place this in a vessel & keep it in a dark and warm corner of the kitchen like Oven.
4. Keep monitoring the beans every day & make sure the towel in which the beans are wrapped in is a little damp.
5. After 2-4 days depending upon the warmth of the place, your sprouts should be ready.

Making Bean Sprouts Salad Mix

1. Boil the sprouts for around 10 minutes with the vessel covered. Just remember that boiling the sprouts for longer time strips off its nutrients so keep the boiling process smaller.
2. Once they are boiled, drain off the water & let them cool.
3. Till then finely cut all veggies you like for the salad -
   • Onions
   • Tomatoes
   • Cucumbers
   • Red Bell Pepper
   • Coriander/Cilantro
   • Green Chilies
4. Seasoning for the salad (as per taste)
   • Salt & Pepper
   • Chat Masala Or Black Salt
   • Pinch of Amchur (Dried Mango) Powder
   • Few tsp of Lemon Juice
   • Cumin Powder
5. Mix all the above well in the cooled sprouts & your nutritious mix is ready!!

There are several ways to enjoy these sprouts other than the salad

1. You can make a nice sabji (Indian entrée eaten with Bread) by giving a nice tempering of oil seasoned in ginger/garlic.
2. Add my coriander/cilantro chutney with curd in the salad & enjoy it on toasted bread.
3. You can add Sweet Tamarind Chutney & coriander/cilantro chutney to this Salad Mix to make a variation of Bhel.
4. It can be used as a topping on Ritz Crackers.

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