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Sprouts in a jar.

April 23, 2020
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Sprouts are a source of vitamins and minerals.  They are rich in B vitamins (incl  acid  folic acid) and vitamins A, C and E. The minerals include: iron, calcium, sulfur, zinc, magnesium, selenium, potassium, lithium and chromium, and the germination process increases their content even more.  That is why it is worth introducing them to your daily menu.

 

Not  you need to go to the store every time you feel like it, or buy extra space in the cabinets  devices to seed them. Just what with  whole  surely  you will find in your own home - a regular jar, gauze / bandage, rubber band / string and of course grains. It's best to get the grains on  sprouts were z  crops  organic and  intended for sowing on  sprouts. Then you have  certainty that they are deprived  pesticides and other chemicals. 

Down  germination  NEVER  not  use  grains  with  shops  gardening  because  they  are intended solely for  down  breeding  groundwater  and  they contain  poisonous  means  preservative. 

Try to germinate beans first  mung, radish or  alfalfa - grows easily and quickly and is very tasty.  Don't germinate  red  beans as it contains  proteins ( 1 ) which, if eaten raw, may be harmful in excess.

I don't know if you know, but after eating badly cooked red beans, you can have it  bothersome symptoms.  They usually appear within 1 to 3 hours after consuming the beans. The onset is usually characterized by extreme nausea, followed by vomiting and diarrhea. Some  they also report abdominal pain. Affected people rarely require hospitalization or treatment, and side effects usually disappear within a short period of time. Still, it's better not to expose your body to  unnecessary stress and  indigestion.

You can eat the sprouts raw or lightly cook them. 

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Sprouts in a jar

 

 

INGREDIENTS:

  • seeds for germination (1.5 to 2 tbsp per liter jar  table grains);

  • glass jar;

  • gauze or bandage to cover the opening of the jar;

  • rubber band or string, which  will hold the gauze in place.

 

PROCEDURE:

  1. Carefully  rinse  seeds  In  summer,  boiled  water.  To all  process  breeding  sprouts  use  summer,  boiled water.

  2. Pour the grains into a jar and soak  them  on 6 to 12  hours. Time depends  on the size of the grains.

  3. After this time pour out water and rinse seeds.  

  4. Cover the opening of the jar with gauze and  put it aside  for four to six days at room temperature. Do not put in the sun, because there is a mini greenhouse in the jar, so  the grains can steep from  heat or you will grow mold. Then be sure to throw away the grains.

  5. Rinse the grains at least twice a day (preferably 4 times),  making sure that no water is left in the jar. The smaller grains  which  have  tendencies  this  manufacturing  mucus  rinse more often.  

  6. Pour the water in and out through the gauze - you don't have to take it off.  

  7. Make sure that the grains have a constant supply of oxygen. For this reason, it is a good idea to separate the growing sprouts during the rinsing, so be careful not to break them.   

  8. When the jar is full of sprouts after 4 to 7 days, rinse and eat them. if you want to  store the sprouts in the refrigerator to dry them beforehand. In the refrigerator, you can  store them for up to 7 days. 

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The photo shows four-day-old mung beans, and in the background, freshly prepared for sprouting  black cumin seeds.

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