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Mung bean sprouts
- 14 kcal
Renews energy
When we are feeling weak due to physical exertion or, for example due to spring fever then an excellent diversity added to our diet are sprouts. They improve assimilation of substances, which find their way to the body as nutritional components.
The proteins, fats and starch contained in the seeds are easily assimilated.
Fashionable sprouts
Mung bean sprouts is cultivated in China for 3000 years. Dry seeds are an ingredient of many dishes and are used to make transparent Chinese noodles. Beneficial effects of the sprouts have been known in Asia for thousands of years. Popular trend for sprouts arrived in Europe from United States in the 70’s of the 20th century. In Chinese medicine mung bean sprouts are added to the herbal mixtures for hypertension treating. They are also an ingredient of antidote to some of the poisons. Currently, the greatest producers and consumers of sprouts are China, India and United States.
Worth trying
Mung bean sprouts are an excellent supplement of salads, vegetable dishes and soups. A classic Chinese cuisine recipe are sprouts lightly fried with garlic, spring onion and ginger with salted or smoked fish.
Sprout savoir-vivre
In Chinese cuisine when preparing a dish with sprouts for elegant presentation the endings of the sprouts are pulled off.
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