Organic Green lentil for sprouts
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Organic Green lentils for Sprouts for home-grown protein rich sprouts cultivated in your own kitchen all year.
Green lentils grow into delicious protein-rich sprouts in just 1-2 days. You sprout your lentils in your SproutPearl sprouter, until the white root is 0,5-1 cm long.
Their taste is like freshly boiled lentils. They are delicious in lentil hummus, salads, , spreads, stews etc. This is a great beginner sprout for both children and adults.
Bag with 180 gram gives you 10 handfuls of sprouts.
Organic Green lentil for Sprouts by the Latin name of Lens culinaris.
Home-grown Lentil Sprouts are easy to cultivate in your own kitchen all year. Your green lentils will grow into delicious protein-rich sprouts in just 1-2 days.
Their taste is like freshly boiled, lentils. They are delicious in lentil hummus, salads, spreads, stews etc. This is a great beginner sprout for both children and adults.A seed bag with 180 gram of lentils will give you 10 handfuls of sprouts.
You can use both the SproutPearl sprouter or the Sprout Jar to cultivate lentils, as it is a very easy to grow seed. The lentils should be cultivated, until the white root is 0,5-1 cm long to get the most crisp bite and soft taste.
Sprouting Time for Organic Green Lentils
If your kitchen temperature is 18-23 °C / 64-73 °F, then your Lentil Sprouts should be ready for harvest after just 2 days of cultivation.
Organic Green Lentils
before sprouting
Organic Green Lentil Sprouts
after 1 day
Organic Green Lentil Sprouts
after 2 days
Organic Green Lentil Sprouts
You should only cultivate your organic Green lentil to sprouts with 0,5-1 cm long white root to get the most crisp taste.
NAMES
Green lentils for sprouts belong to the legume family. They are legumes and go by the latin name Lens Culinaris.
TASTE
Green lentil sprouts have a soft taste like freshly boiled lentils. The taste is ’rounder’ when you keep them moist.
LOOKS
Green lentil is an easy sprout. As a mature sprout the white root should be 0,5-1 cm long. This sprout is not eaten with leaves.
NUTRIENTS
Green lentil sprouts contain the vitamins A, B2, B3, B5, B6, B9, C and the minerals Potassium, Iron, Phosphate.
EDIBLE PARTS
You can eat the whole Green lentil as a sprout inkl its white roots and the thin sand coloured hulls that are fiber-rich.
TIME
Green lentil sprouts take 1-2 days from dry seed to sprout. It is important, that the root is 0,5-1 cm long for this sprout to be edible.
How to growOrganic Green Lentil Sprouts
1
Measure the amount of your organic Green lentils. Each half SproutPearl tray needs 20 gram dry lentils.
2
Soak the Green lentils in fresh, cold, drinking water in a clean glass for 8 hours. Place it in shade in your kitchen.
3
Pour the Green lentil into your SproutPearl seed tray after soaking and rinse with clean, cool water.
4
Put the lentils tray into the SproutPearl and place it on your clean kitchen counter out of hot sun or cold draft.
5
Rinse your Green lentil sprouts every morning and evening until they are at your desired growth stage.
6
Your Green lentil sprouts are mature after 1-2 days or when they have a 0,5 – 1 cm long, white root.
Tips for your organic Green Lentil Sprouts
SOAKING
Your Green lentil for sprouts will absorb their weight in water during soaking. Because of this, you need to submerse them in a glass with 1 part dry lentils to 4 parts clean, cool drinking water.
The Green lentil will slowly turn a lighter shade of red/brown as they get filled with moist. After 8 hours they should all be about twice as big and have a flat sound when you pour them into the SproutPearl.
If the sound is sharp, then the lentils have not absorbed enough water.
RAW GREEN LENTIL SPROUTS
Once you have cultivated your organic green lentils for sprouts into their mature state – when their white root is 0,5-1 cm long – you can eat them.
Most choose to enjoy their organic green lentil sprouts in their raw state. To do this it is important, that you have kept a high hygiene while cultivating the sprouts.
If so the sprouts simply need to be rinsed in cool water one last time. Then they are ready to eat in your salads, dips or stews. You can find inspiration in Recipes.
| Weight | N/A |
|---|---|
| Green lentil bag size | Green lentil 20 gram, Green lentil 180 gram, Green lentil 500 gram |
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Jackson –
This is a delicious sprout. I am very happy with the quality in this webshop.