Sprouting: Day 5

My sprout jar has been growing like crazy but I thought there was just the little bit of room for more so I decided to do one more rinse this morning and then harvest them later today.

You can also leave it by the window sill on a sunny day if you wanted to develop chlorophyll. Today was pretty cloudy so no chlorophyll for me; perhaps the next time I do this.

Later on today, I did one last rinse in the jar. I then took out my sprouts and placed them in a deep bowl. Pulling out the sprouts delicately may be tricky especially if your hand does not fit the opening of the jar. In that case, you can probably use chopsticks to aid in pulling them out gently. I had no problem as my hand did fit in the opening and also my sprouts came out in one big lump.

Add cool water after extracting it into the bowl. Use your fingers to gently pull the sprouts apart if they are lumped up like mine were. The hulls will float up while some of the unsprouted seeds will sink. Push the hulls to one side if you can. It's a bit tricky it you have a lot of them floating around in the bowl.

Pull the hulls to one side, grab the sprouts and placed them on a colander or on a clean towel. I opted using a strainer so I won't loose any sprouts if I used the colander. Make sure they are completely dry before storing them in a container or ziplock lined with a paper towel.