Organic Red lentil for Sprouts
4 €
Organic Red lentils for sprouts for home-grown protein rich sprouts cultivated in your own kitchen all year.
Red lentils grow into delicious protein-rich sprouts in just 1-2 days. You sprout your lentils in your, 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.
20 gr seeds fit ½ SproutPearl and give 1,5 handful of sprouts.
Bag with 180 gram gives you 10 handfuls of sprouts.
✓ Growth guarantee on all seeds
✓ Certified non-GMO organic seeds
✓ Delivery time 3-5 working days via GLS
Organic Red lentils for Sprouts by the Latin name of Lens Culinaris.
Home grown Red lentils are fun to cultivate in your own kitchen all year. Red 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.
180 gr seeds provide 10 handfuls of fresh Red lentils edible sprouts.
Sprouting Time for Red lentils
If your kitchen temperature is 18-23 °C / 64-73 °F, then your Red lentils Sprouts should be ready for harvest after just 2-3 days of cultivation.
Organic Red Lentils
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Organic Red Lentil Sprouts
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Organic Red lentils for Sprouts
You should only cultivate your organic Red lentil to sprouts with 0,5-1 cm long white root – not till they form green leaves.
NAMES
Red lentils for sprouts belong to the legume family. They are legumes and go by the latin name Lens Culinaris.
TASTE
Red lentil sprouts have a soft taste like freshly boiled lentils. The taste is ’rounder’ when you keep them moist.
LOOKS
Red 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
Red 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 Red lentil as a sprout inkl its white roots and the thin sand coloured hulls that are fiber-rich.
TIME
Red 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 grow Organic Red lentils for Sprouts
1
Measure the amount of your organic Red lentils. Each half SproutPearl tray needs 20 gram dry lentils.
2
Soak the Red lentils in fresh, cold, drinking water in a clean glass for 8 hours. Place it in shade in your kitchen.
3
Pour the Red 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 Red lentil sprouts every morning and evening until they are at your desired growth stage.
6
Your Red lentil sprouts are mature after 1-2 days or when they have a 0,5 – 1 cm long, white root.
Tips for your Organic Red lentils for Sprouts
SOAKING
Your Red 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 Red 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 i sharp, then the lentils have not absorbed enough water.
ENJOY RED LENTIL SPROUTS RAW
Once you have cultivated your organic red 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 red 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 |
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| Red lentil bag size | Red lentil 20 gram, Red lentil 180 gram, Red lentil 500 gram |
3 reviews for Organic Red lentil for Sprouts
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Maria –
I totally love red lentil sprouts, so thank you for having them in your shop 😀
Inga –
Great little sprout. Just wished you had even more recipes with it in here 😀
Maria –
Ich liebe rote Linsensprossen, also danke, dass du sie in deinem Shop hast