For people who are locked in and are worried about running out of food soon.
How to prepare nutrient rich green gram sprouts (ndengu zimemea kiasi)
After a while you get to that point where you have no idea what to cook.
I got to that point this week. I get hungry but I am not interested in anything I have been cooking.
I have also been thinking I need to pump nutrients into my body, as compared to just filling my stomach.
I am keen on what I eat but I am imagining a situation where I have to ration my food.
I trust in God to provide but even Noah kept some food to eat when he would be in lockdown.
Would it not be better if I figured out what food combinations in small quantities can provide me with at least a balanced a mix of nutrients daily.
Rather than ending up cooking ugali with a soft ugali for stew.
My neighbour gave me a bunch of greens from her garden. She knows ni kubaya.
So they are in the recipe.
I remembered some green grams I bought a while back and was planning to throw out.
I don't cook green grams for the simple reason that I don't know which ones have less rocks and everyone claims to sell ndengu from Makueni.
The ones I buy must be from Kwale.
They have at least 200 gms of small rocks and sand inside for every kilo.
Though this is a good time to clean them up and store them clean.
But I remembered I used to make sprouts. Then stopped when I read that they can cause food poisoning.
I did some reading and found out kumbe it's mishandling that causes e.coli to grow in sprouts.
A safe way to eat them is by cooking them thoroughly.
But do we ever eat salads willingly in Kenya? Let's see by a show of hands.
We are okay.
Sprouts have high percentages of protein, higher than the normal boiled ndengu.
In fact one YouTube video I watched claimed that sprouted ndengu have 50% more protein than when eaten as a regular lentil.
Gimme gimme some sprouts right now.
They also have antidioxants, vitamins and vitamins which you can Google later.
I cooked my sprouts for lunch yesterday and after eating I deliberately lay down to 'listen to myself' in case food poisoning was coming. I woke up to an alarm an hour later.
I still haven't got any running stomach or reaction. So we are good.
Disclaimer: Sprouts, according to my taste buds are quite flat. But it's like how mothers always have githeri around the house in a big sufuria during school holidays so the kids can have something to keep their mouths engaged. So if you want taste, look somewhere else.
HOW TO
It was a bit dry yes so I had it with this superdelicious cup of peppermint tea.
I don't know if it's just me or is this quarantine making anyone else crave sugar?
But maybe coz I don't have many interesting things to eat in the house.
When you are walking about outside you come across yummy things like bananas and avocados from Mexico and njugu.
I walk around my house and all I see is dry foods that need to be boiled or roasted.
Also, should I be rationing my food intake? Should I limit my meals to one per day in case we are here until July?
I despair sometimes.
Then I go online and discover people like Chris Mann and I'm not so frightened anymore. His vogue parody is the best. Check out his Hello from the Inside if you are going out of your mind.
I am
And I think it's good for me somehow.
I started responding to my neighbours efforts to talk.
Today we were planting ferns for a few hours with my neighbours' kid.
I typed this yesterday.
We kept social distance. We sanitized and he was in charge of the soil, and I in charge of the containers.
He is more bored than me.
Everyone is bored.
But I think we are mostly just in a serious panic.
Next I'm going to have a wall of all the things that are keeping me sane this Corona Season.
I'll also look for more frugal living tips to help you maximise your lockdown supplies.
How to prepare nutrient rich green gram sprouts (ndengu zimemea kiasi)
After a while you get to that point where you have no idea what to cook.
I got to that point this week. I get hungry but I am not interested in anything I have been cooking.
I have also been thinking I need to pump nutrients into my body, as compared to just filling my stomach.
I am keen on what I eat but I am imagining a situation where I have to ration my food.
I trust in God to provide but even Noah kept some food to eat when he would be in lockdown.
Would it not be better if I figured out what food combinations in small quantities can provide me with at least a balanced a mix of nutrients daily.
Rather than ending up cooking ugali with a soft ugali for stew.
My neighbour gave me a bunch of greens from her garden. She knows ni kubaya.
So they are in the recipe.
I remembered some green grams I bought a while back and was planning to throw out.
I don't cook green grams for the simple reason that I don't know which ones have less rocks and everyone claims to sell ndengu from Makueni.
The ones I buy must be from Kwale.
They have at least 200 gms of small rocks and sand inside for every kilo.
Though this is a good time to clean them up and store them clean.
But I remembered I used to make sprouts. Then stopped when I read that they can cause food poisoning.
I did some reading and found out kumbe it's mishandling that causes e.coli to grow in sprouts.
A safe way to eat them is by cooking them thoroughly.
But do we ever eat salads willingly in Kenya? Let's see by a show of hands.
We are okay.
Sprouts have high percentages of protein, higher than the normal boiled ndengu.
In fact one YouTube video I watched claimed that sprouted ndengu have 50% more protein than when eaten as a regular lentil.
Gimme gimme some sprouts right now.
They also have antidioxants, vitamins and vitamins which you can Google later.
I cooked my sprouts for lunch yesterday and after eating I deliberately lay down to 'listen to myself' in case food poisoning was coming. I woke up to an alarm an hour later.
I still haven't got any running stomach or reaction. So we are good.
Disclaimer: Sprouts, according to my taste buds are quite flat. But it's like how mothers always have githeri around the house in a big sufuria during school holidays so the kids can have something to keep their mouths engaged. So if you want taste, look somewhere else.
HOW TO
- Clean the lentils by picking out small rocks and the hard green grams.
- Wash them
- Soak in water for eight hours
- Drain the water after the soaking
- Transfer them into a dry container and cover it with a wet kitchen cloth.
- Leave for another 12 hours.
- They will start sprouting.
- Wash them
- Put them in a pot with a bit of water and cook for 10 minutes.
- Add salt and turmeric.
- After the 15 minutes I added oil, ginger, garlic and chilli then cooked for another five minutes.
It was a bit dry yes so I had it with this superdelicious cup of peppermint tea.
I don't know if it's just me or is this quarantine making anyone else crave sugar?
But maybe coz I don't have many interesting things to eat in the house.
When you are walking about outside you come across yummy things like bananas and avocados from Mexico and njugu.
I walk around my house and all I see is dry foods that need to be boiled or roasted.
Also, should I be rationing my food intake? Should I limit my meals to one per day in case we are here until July?
I despair sometimes.
Then I go online and discover people like Chris Mann and I'm not so frightened anymore. His vogue parody is the best. Check out his Hello from the Inside if you are going out of your mind.
I am
And I think it's good for me somehow.
I started responding to my neighbours efforts to talk.
Today we were planting ferns for a few hours with my neighbours' kid.
I typed this yesterday.
We kept social distance. We sanitized and he was in charge of the soil, and I in charge of the containers.
He is more bored than me.
Everyone is bored.
But I think we are mostly just in a serious panic.
Next I'm going to have a wall of all the things that are keeping me sane this Corona Season.
I'll also look for more frugal living tips to help you maximise your lockdown supplies.
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