NCERT Book Class 5 EVS Chapter 5 Seeds and Seeds

5. Seeds and Seeds

Gopal was waiting for his mausi’s family to visit them. They will
be coming the next day for their holidays. He was thinking
about all the fun and nice food that he would have with his
cousins. Just then his mother called out, “Gopal, before you
sleep, remember to soak two small bowls (katoris) of chana
(gram).” She was going to his Bua’s house and would return
only in the morning.
As he was soaking the chana, Gopal thought, “How will two
small bowls of this be enough for eight persons?” So he soaked
another two bowls of chana. When his mother returned the
next morning, she saw that the chana were overflowing
from the vessel. “How much did you soak?” asked his
mother. “How did that happen!” wondered Gopal.
“You soaked too much! Anyway it is good, now
I will cook half of them, and leave the other half
to sprout. I can send these to your aunt. The
doctor has told her to eat sprouts”, mother
said. She tied half of the soaked chana in a
wet cloth, and hung them up to sprout.

Discuss
w What things are soaked before cooking in your house? Why?
w What things do you eat after sprouting? How are they
sprouted? How much time does it take?
w Has the doctor or someone you know ever told you to eat
sprouts? Why?

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