Making plans for a hard month...will it be OK?

K9sandFelines

bluebag wrote: »

They are really easy to sprout yourself in a few days on a window ledge. Just need a jam jar some mung beans and a piece of j cloth and an elastic band.

Rinse the beans really well in cold water, then put about 1/2 inch of them in the bottom of a jam jar, they should be very damp but not sitting in water. Put the j cloth over the top of the jar instead of a lid so air can get in and secure with an elastic band.

Rinse daily and drain through the j cloth top, eat when long enough.

I buy mung beans often to blend to use wraps but never thought to sprout just enough beansprouts to use for one meal ... good idea

Toonie

I didn't know they could be frozen, I presumed they couldn't as they've got a high water content. Do they come up well once cooked after being frozen?

Sprouting sounds pretty easy, I will have to look into it, I've got a couple of kilner jars...I'm guessing they'd be good to use. I've never bought mung beans before...would they just be in the dried bean section?

K9sandFelines

Toonie wrote: »

I've never bought mung beans before...would they just be in the dried bean section?

Normally down the international food aisles

Toonie

Thanks, I'll have a little look next time I'm in a supermarket.

Yesterdays lentil stew didn't work as I had a message from my college assessor with lots of new homework in and by the time I'd gone through it all I settled for egg, chips and tomatoes. Hopefully I'll get time today to do it (lots of work to type up) but if not I've got fall back option of pourgouri with bacon chopped into it (takes all of 20 minutes to make and about five minutes to eat as its so tasty).

K9sandFelines

Toonie wrote: »

Thanks, I'll have a little look next time I'm in a supermarket.

Yesterdays lentil stew didn't work as I had a message from my college assessor with lots of new homework in and by the time I'd gone through it all I settled for egg, chips and tomatoes. Hopefully I'll get time today to do it (lots of work to type up) but if not I've got fall back option of pourgouri with bacon chopped into it (takes all of 20 minutes to make and about five minutes to eat as its so tasty).

Tescos ones are cheaper if you can find them, as they never seem to have them lately. They are made by Indus.
I got a small bag today from Asda for a £1 by Natco and there was a massive bag for £4 odd.

What's pourgouri, never heard of that?

BitterAndTwisted

Pourgouri is what cracked wheat (bulgur) is called in Cyprus

K9sandFelines

BitterAndTwisted wrote: »

Pourgouri is what cracked wheat (bulgur) is called in Cyprus

Thanks BaT, learn something new every day

BitterAndTwisted

Now you know what it is you can get busy and make some tabbouleh. Yum yum.

K9sandFelines

BitterAndTwisted wrote: »

Now you know what it is you can get busy and make some tabbouleh. Yum yum.

:rotfl:

If that's made from Bulgar Wheat too, then no chance. I have got overstocks of pasta, so won't be purchasing anything remotely similar in the near future

maman

joedenise wrote: »

Thanks for that. I didn't know they could be frozen either. I usually end up throwing some away, which I hate doing for obvious reasons, because I can never use the whole bag before they get manky because there's only me and DH. Do you just freeze them as they are in a bag or open freeze them?

Denise

Sorry I didn't respond earlier.

I open freeze the bean sprouts (generally on a large dinner plate) then put them in a bag. I find them perfectly acceptable. It's a bit like freezing peppers, fine for cooking but you wouldn't use frozen ones in a salad.

I started freezing them as I just couldn't get through the amount in the bags. generally Asda are best value but I see they're on offer in Tesco this week.