How to sprout beans: basic ways

Recently, with the growing excitement around the principles of a healthy lifestyle and proper nutrition, more and more people are striving to enrich their daily diet with healthy products. Beans are one of the most accessible crops, which, moreover, has a lot of useful properties, therefore, sprouting beans takes one of the leading places in the rating of fans of healthy nutrition.

Seed preparation

Germinating beans at home is not difficult, and the seeds do not require special preparation for this process. First of all, you need to sort the beans, if you find shriveled, dry or moldy, be sure to throw them away. That's all, you can start germination by choosing the method you like.Sprouted bean seeds

Remember that not all varieties of legumes are suitable for eating them without heat treatment: beans Mash are best suited for these purposes. You can not eat raw also red beans, it contains certain toxic protein elements that can provoke serious poisoning. When passing through heat treatment, these substances are destroyed, respectively, the product becomes absolutely safe.

Sprouted beans are a real treasure, they contain a huge amount of trace elements and nutrients that have a beneficial effect on strengthening the immune system and improving the functioning of the digestive system.

Seed Selection Video

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Germination methods

There are several ways to germinate beans, but they are all based on the same principle: a grain will germinate if it is provided with enough moisture and light. The most commonly used options are:

  • seed germination of beans occurs using wet gauze, the beans are placed on well-moistened gauze, covering them on top with the same layer of cloth. It is necessary to ensure that the tissue layers constantly remain well moistened, but do not allow the appearance of excess moisture - this will inevitably lead to decay of the material. When sprouting beans, you need to periodically rinse the fabric - this will help to avoid the appearance of plaque. As a rule, the first sprout appears quite quickly, sometimes already the next day. Now bean sprouts can be safely eaten or planted on a personal plot, depending on the purpose for which sprouting was conceived;
  • another method can be used: the selected grains are placed on the bottom of a flat glass container and covered with a damp cloth. The container prepared in this way must be placed in a warm place. This method minimizes the risk of grain rot, but germination will occur a little later, after a few days. Sprouted beans will be absolutely open to your eyes, so you can watch the development of the sprout through the glass;
  • you can use the cotton ball method, the bean is placed on a well-moistened cotton ball, all this is sent to a glass jar and placed in a warm place. The plant will only need a few hours to start the regeneration processes, and the sprout will delight your eyes the very next day.Sprouting with cotton balls

Germination for food

In those cases when you are interested in the question of how to sprout beans in order to feast on useful vitamins, you need to slightly change the process of working with grains.Bean processing technology for these purposes is conventionally divided into several main stages:

  • choice of capacity. You will need a shallow plastic dish that has a flat bottom. We make several drainage holes in the bottom (excess moisture will go through them);
  • the vessel prepared in this way is placed in another, deeper bowl so as not to touch its bottom. This is necessary so that excess water has the ability to drain freely;
  • at the bottom of the container with holes, you need to place a cloth folded in several layers, on which dry beans are laid. After that, the fabric is spilled abundantly with clean water, the entire structure is covered with a clean piece of gauze and placed in a bright and warm place, best of all if it is a windowsill on the sunny side. The material should be watered regularly, at least several times a day, with warm water, making sure that the water leaving through the drainage holes does not reach the bottom of the inner container.Sprouted beans for food

The first sprouts will appear the next day, but it is too early to eat such beans. The grains need to be processed a few more days before the young leaves appear. As a rule, the whole process takes no more than 5 days. That's all, it remains only to peel the grains from the peel, and the dish is ready. The main benefit of sprouted seeds is that during the development process, the nutrients contained in beans are converted into unique compounds that are extremely beneficial for the human body.

Care rules

Beans are a heat-loving plant, so planting in open ground should be done no earlier than May. At the same time, it is important to choose a sunny area where there will be enough light throughout the day. The crop prefers light soil, so the soil must be loosened before planting.Bean bushes in the open field

If you have chosen a curly variety, be sure to take care of the presence of supports, for this, ordinary wooden slats will do.

Next, you will need moderate fertilizing and watering as needed, it is best to water the plants rarely, but abundantly enough.

That's all the rules, beans are not very demanding, and the harvest is very generous!

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