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Written By: Editorial Team | Updated : January 10, 2015 11:55 AM IST
This salad is a combination of greens and sprouts flavoured with lemon and cilantro. This salad is an excellent source of fibre, iron, and vitamin C.
Ingredients
Method
In a small bowl, whisk together lemon juice, vinegar, garlic powder, curry powder, salt, and black pepper. Drizzle the dressing over the salad, and toss lightly to coat.
Note: To grow sprouts, begin with a clean, wide-mouth quart jar. This size jar allows you to grow up to 2 cups of sprouts with little difficulty. The wide mouth allows easier removal of the sprouts with minimal damage.
Cover the bottom of the jar with the desired amount of seed, generally not more than 1/4 cup. (Depending on the type of seed that is used, only 1 or 2 tablespoons may be required to fill a jar.)
Cover the mouth of the jar with cheesecloth and secure with a rubber band or screw-top ring, or use a commercially available screw-top sprouting lid. Soak the seeds for 8-12 hours in a volume of water at least double that of the seeds. This will soften the seed coat for sprouting.
After soaking, drain off the water and rinse the seeds. After the rinse water has been drained off, invert the jar and prop it at an angle with seed distributed evenly along the side of the jar.
By placing the jar at an angle, the sprouts will have good drainage and air circulation.Keep the jar in a dark place at 68-70 F. Sprouts grown in a light location will turn green and may be bitter and tough.
Continue to rinse the sprouts 2 to 4 times a day until they have grown to the desired length. Always be sure excess water is drained off the sprouts; if the sprouts remain in the water they could ferment and spoil.
Some seeds need only to be sprinkled over a moist cloth or paper towel to sprout. Again, keep the seeds in the dark while they sprout, and keep them moist. Most sprouts will take two to five days to grow to their optimum size. Wash them thoroughly to remove the seed coat, if necessary.
Sprouts may be kept for one to two weeks in the refrigerator if kept in a sealed container. Sprouts may be frozen by blanching them in boiling water for three minutes and cooling them in ice water. Drain them and pack into freezer containers.
Per serving (1/2 of recipe):
Source: Isis Israel, Cancer Project Educational Alliance Partner, Saladmaster Senior Dealer/The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
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