Organic Red lentil for sprouts

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.

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.