Organic Chickpeas for sprouts

NAMES
Chickpeas for sprouts belong to the latin family Fabaceae. They are legumes and go by the latin name Cicer arietinum.

TASTE
Chickpea sprouts have a soft taste like freshly boiled Chickpeas. The taste is ’rounder’ when you keep them moist.

LOOKS
Chickpeas is an easy sprout. As a mature sprout the white root should be 2-2,5 cm long. This sprout is not eaten with leaves.

NUTRIENTS
Chickpea sprouts contain the vitamins A, B1, B2, B3, B12, C, E, K and the minerals Potassium, Iron, Phosphorus.

EDIBLE PARTS
You can eat the whole Chickpea as a sprout inkl its white roots and the thin sand coloured hulls that are fiber-rich.

TIME
Chickpea sprouts take 3-4 days from dry seed to sprout. It is important, that the root is 2-2,5 cm long for this sprout to be edible.

1

Measure the amount of your organic Chickpeas. Each half SproutPearl tray needs 30 gram dry peas.

2

Soak the Chickpeas in fresh, cold, drinking water in a clean glass for 12 hours. Place it in shade in your kitchen.

3

Pour the Chickpeas into your SproutPearl seed tray after soaking and rinse with clean, cool water.

4

Put the seed tray into the SproutPearl and place it on your clean kitchen counter out of hot sun or cold draft.

5

Rinse your Chickpea sprouts every morning and evening until they are at your desired growth stage.

6

Your Chickpea sprouts are mature after 3-4 days or when they have a 2 – 2,5 cm long, white root.