How to Sprout green gram

Making sprouts with green gram is easier and faster.
 During sprouting, the trypsin inhibitors, which are commonly present in the raw pulses and delays their digestibility, are also inactivated.
The vitamins -A, B-Complex and C increase rapidly during germination.
In moong sprouts the vitamin A content increases by 285%, thiamine by 208%, riboflavin by an astounding 515%, niacin by 256% and finally ascorbic acid by 600%.
When the seeds sprout, shoots appear earlier than roots.
The sprouts are maximally nutritious, if consumed before the roots start emerging.
Method
Take 1 cup of green gram(moong beans)
Select even sized fresh grams.
Remove broken ones.
Wash and soak in water.
Water should be 2 inches above the green grams
Soak for 24 hours.
Only when it is soaked for a day the gram sprouts well and it is thicker too.
Drain well and put in a perforated plate/sieve or a towel.

 A few has started sprouting while it was soaking

Tie it or cover it and keep in a warm place.
Alternately you can put in a casserole and cover.
Check in a day.If dry sprnikle some water.
It is one when the sprout is an inch long.

Remove any grams that is not sprouted and store in an airtight container.

SPROUT AND VEGETABLE SOUP

The time is approximate and depends on size,amount of vegetables and oven wattage.Always check before the end of cooking time and increase time if needed.Green gram sprouts easily and is faster.I have used  a  micro wave white sauce recipe.

Ingredients

• Sprouts(green gram)-1 cup
• Carrots-2
• Beans -10
• Cabbage-1/4 cup
• Green peas-1/4 cup
• Spinach-a few leaves
• Garlic-2flakes
• Celerystock-2 tbsp chopped
• White sauce-2 cups
• Salt and pepper-to taste.

Method

• You can wash Sprouts to remove skin if you like
• Peel and cut carrots in to cubes
• Clean and chop beans and spinach.
• Crush garlic and chop.
• In a microwave dish put carrots,beans,cabbage,celery,garlic,spinach and sprouts.
• Sprinkle about two tbsp of water.
• Microwave on HIGH for 5 minutes.
• Stir the vegetables once in between.
• Check if the vegetbles are cooked. If not keep for 2 more minutes.
• Add 1 tsp salt and white sauce and mix well.
• Add more water or stock to adjust the consistency.
• Return the dish to oven and micro HIGH for about 3 mins or till the soup is heated through.
• Remove from microwave and garnish with grated cheese or celery leaves/salt and pepper. 

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