If you did not know, the mung bean is a kind of bean. It has small dimensions, and the color is dark green. Buy it can be anywhere, from it prepare delicious cereals, soups, and some in the course, how to grow a mung bean and cook a salad from it. It is very nutritious and useful, so it is ideal for those who care about their health.
How to grow a mung bean salad?
If you have never bought a mung bean before, or simply do not know how to properly germinate it at home, then we will now tell you all about it step by step. Moreover, it is not difficult at all.
We take a small amount of dry beans, prepare all the steel necessary ingredients and dishes: water, gauze, pelvis and a flat bottom sieve. If there are no sieves, you can cut off the bottom of the plastic 5-6 liter eggplant from the water and make holes in it for drainage. Sieve covered with gauze, install it in a basin, pour a cup of masha into it. In the same amount, water it with water at room temperature.
As a result, the mash should be partially covered with liquid, as it were slightly immersed in water. We cover the pelvis with a towel and put it in a warm place. Every couple of hours, water the beans a little - so it will sprout faster. The waste water must be drained periodically, taking out the sieve.
The next day, there will be tiny sprouts. Another 4-5 days should continue to water the mash and drain the accumulated water. Then you need to clean it from the green skin, rinse, after which it is ready for use.
From sprouted masha prepare a salad or add to different dishes. Now that you know how to properly grow a mung bean for food, it's time to learn how to make a salad from it. For him you will need 300-400 g of germinating mung bean, a bunch of cilantro, a pair of cloves of garlic, red ground chili, black pepper, sunflower oil, onion, soy sauce and lemon juice.
Mash boil in boiling salted water for a couple of minutes, thrown back to the colander. In a frying pan in oil, fry the onion with semicircles until golden brown, pour the red pepper, mix it and put it all over to the mash. Finely cut the cilantro, garlic and pour them to the rest of the ingredients. Add a little black pepper, season with soy sauce and sprinkle with lemon juice. Mix well - and our salad is ready!