Are kidney beans and chickpeas raw??

[rawfoodfairy]

just wondering if they are raw bec. they keep me really full

[DavidZaneMason]

If they will sprout after 3 days of rinsing, then the answer is yes. If not, no.

-David Z. Mason

[rawfoodfairy]

im not sure i quite understand?

[JGex]

If you're getting them out of a can, they are not raw.

[Ariannah]

im not sure i quite understand?
The dried beans tend to be raw, soak them overnight, rinse them and let them sit for a day, rinse a couple of times. If you start to see little "tails" they are raw.

But like JGex said, if they're from a can, they are not raw.

[FirstGarden]

just wondering if they are raw bec. they keep me really full

Hi - They couldn't be raw for 2 reasons:

1) They would probably taste horrible as most raw legumes do.

2) You would be vomiting and suffering diarrhea - kidney beans are toxic raw. be careful with those.

:-{)

[luckitri]

I have a Food City store near me that has green garbanzos in the shell. They even taste green. You have to peel the papery shell off each one.

[RowanC]

In raw form, kidney beans can contain excessively high amounts of a potentially toxic substance called phytohemagglutinin. This substance is classified as a lectin glycoprotein, and in sufficiently high amounts it has been shown to disrupt cellular metabolism. The amount of this toxin in beans is usually measured in terms of hemagglutinating units, or hau. In their raw form, red kidney beans can contain 20,000 to 70,000 hau. This number drops down to 200 to 400 hau with fully cooked red beans. White kidney beans start off with about 1/3rd less hemagglutinin than red ones.

[Ariannah]

Oh indeed, I am glad you mentioned that about the kidney beans! I was mostly thinking of garbanzos (chickpeas) which I eat from time to time, sprouted (raw).