Sprouts Salad

Sprouting of Mung beans

• In a bowl take Mung beans as your required.
• Wash the beans in water 2 to 3 times.
• Add water and cover it up to 1 inch above the Mung beans.
• Cover the bowl with a tight lid, and the beans soak overnight.
• The next day Mung beans will swell. Discard all the water completely from the bowl.
• Now place the Mung beans in a bowl with a tight lid.
• Check after a day, and you will observe the sprouting.
• On the second day, you will see longer sprouts.
• Wash them, and the sprouts can be used to make any recipes you wish to do.

Making of Sprouts Salad

• Rinse the sprouted mung beans in water.
• Boil them till is completely cooked or half cook it (optional).
• Drain the water from cooked mung sprouts.
• Take the cooked sprouts into a bowl.
• Add finely chopped onion, tomato, green chili (optional).
• Add red chili powder, chaat masala, and stir it well.
• Season with a pinch of salt or as required.
• Add lemon juice as required, mix well.
• Garnish sprouts salad with coriander leaves.
• Serve Sprouts Salad immediately.

Trivia

Mung Beans is also called as Green gram, lutou, look dou, moyashimame and oorud. One pound of seeds produces about 6 pounds of mung bean sprouts.

According to an old English Rhyme, the thickness of an onion skin can predict the severity of the winter. Thin skins mean a mild winter and thick skins indicate a rough winter ahead. Libya has the highest consumption of onions. (food reference)