What are sprouted matki?

Beans, pulses, chana etc are very commonly used in the Indian cooking. These are very healthy ingredients. And the health quotient increases if the same are sprouted. Sprouting takes considerable time but sprouts are very nutritious and healthy. Sprouts can be used in a number of ways as there are a number of sprout recipes.

One can make sprouts using any beans such as moth beans, mung beans, etc. Bean sprouts can be used to prepare salads, tikki, chilla, etc. In this sprouts recipe, I have shown how to sprout matki i.e. moth bean sprouts.

Let’s talk about the ingredients for Sprout matki:

Sprouts benefits are plenty, therefore sprouts are used in many ways. Sprouts salad is a common way of adding sprouts in your diet. Other than this there could be a number of sprouts recipes. You can make mung beans or kala chana or Kabuli chana. Here I am using moth beans.

Well, there are different ways of making sprouts. I remember my mother would always hang soaked mung beans or moth beans in a wet muslin cloth. And after a day or so we would see the sprouts poking out. I have used a jar for making sprout. I have one jar dedicated to making spouts.

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How to use Moth Bean Sprouts?

Moth bean sprouts can be used to make sprouts chila.