Lentils are naturally packed with nutrients—but when you sprout them, you get even more nutritional bang for your buck. In one study, sprouted lentils were shown to contain 18% more protein, 69% less carbohydrates, and 389% more vitamin C than unsprouted lentils. Lentil sprouts, along with the Pea sprouts are the easiest sprouts to grow. We use the Red Lentil as it is larger than the other varieties and has a nicer taste. In the first picture you see the lentils after 2 1/2 days i.e. soaked during the day rinsed clean that night, then left for another day and in the morning soaked again with the organic nutrients then rinse clean and ready to store in the refrigerator – Best storage solution is inside the colander, no lid, but placed inside a sealed plastic bag.

The only thing to really remember is just to get rid of the husk and un-sprouted material by gently washing it over the edges of the colander during the rinsing process. This is illustrated in one of the videos in the slideshow below.

Red Lentils, at about 2 days. Click to hide.

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Lentils Red Seed, you can see the redness of the lentil where a few of the seeds have lost their coating. Click to hide.

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Video – Sprout Lentils Red

A short video showing how to use our Sprouting Colanders to sprout & Store Red Lentils. Also showing husk removal. Click to hide

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Red Lentils, after 2 or 3 days store in the fridge inside a sealed plastic bag (using a colander with no cover). Every time you take them from the fridge take the dryer lentils from the top and then when replacing flip them a couple of times so the moist ones are at the top, invert the plastic bag which will have a certain amount of condensation on it and seal the bag. Click to hide.

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Red Lentils, after an overnight soak in organic fermented nutrients, rinsed clean allowed to sit at 45° for better drainage for 10 minutes then add the cover. Click to hide.

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Red Lentils, here we see lentils after 2 days sprouting being added to a curry base, they are ready to eat at this stage, so just heat up and add your coconut milk/cream some people add some canned tomatoes. Click to hide.

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Lentils red after sprouting for approximately 3 or 4 days, personally I like to eat them between day 2 and day 4. Click to hide.

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Lentils red add a slight nutty flavour to your salad. Click to hide.

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Here you can see I’ve allowed them to grow a little bit longer than I prefer so I have added them to a stirfry, don’t forget when adding sprouts to a stirfry, just do it at the last moment so as not to destroy the live enzymes et cetera contained in live food. Click to hide.

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Video – Sprout Storage Fridge

A short video showing how to use the Small Sprouting Colander to store Sprouts in the Fridge. Particularly good system with regard to storing large sprouts that you store in the fridge after a couple of days of spouting e.g. Massey Gem Pea, Lentils and other large bean sprouts. Click to hide.

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Position of the clip when storing sprouts in the fridge. The clip holds the cover in relationship to the drip tray. The top part of the clip aligns flat with the cover the bottom part of the clip slides into the spout of the colander allowing for a close fit of the top to the base.Click to hide.

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…Slideshow plus Videos of the sprouting process…

Storage in the fridge

When you have the clip on one side it creates an air gap that allows the sprouts to breathe while they are growing, when you rotate the inner bowl with the clip attaching the cover, it now sits flush which stops drying out in the fridge. They will continue to grow very slowly in the fridge for up to 3 weeks the reason for this is that they’ve been soaked thoroughly at least twice in the organic nutrients, so the sprouts are full of resources to stay alive and keep growing at a slower rate.