Eating immature plants

[Phreddy]

Not sure if this is the place but...

Over on a planting thread Alice suggested growing peas on the window sill and cutting them to eat raw or in cooked stuff. I was wondering if there were other seeds that leant themselves to this technique.

I am in my apartment in Malaysia at this time so cannot grow anything. We do have a couple of balconies but that is all the space available.

Any suggestions?

[Rocketron]

One Hot Stove: A Primer on Sprouting Lentils
Try this. Various alternatives are mentioned in the comments.

[lynda66]

mung beans .......are used as chinese bean sprouts

[BarleySugar]

Some seeds need to grow on a bed of cotton wool or damp kitchen roll, like good old mustard and cress, but there are a lot of other types too. All sorts of beans and peas can be soaked for 24 hours then sprouted in trays or jars with rinsing at least twice a day. They can be eaten cooked or raw, and any toxins in the seeds are not present once they sprout. Alfalfa (or lucerne as it is sometimes known) is very good in sandwiches and salads. I have a wonderful book on sprouting seeds, with loads of info on nutrition levels and recipies if anyone wants more details. They are an important source of vitamins etc, especially now winter is here in the UK. I have 2 sprouters with 3 trays each, so I always have something on the go. I made an orange tea bread with mung beansprouts the other day. It was lovely, and OH still liked it, even when he knew what was in it

[Comfreyfan]

This was a tip on Gardener's Question Time last week (can't remember which presenter), said that any crops with edible leaves, including herbs, can be grown as 'micro greens'.

Put about 5cms multi-purpose compost in a seed tray, scatter seeds on top, lightly cover with a fine layer of compost, keep moist in a warm, bright place indoors. When grown to mustard and cress sort of size trim off with scissors taking as much stem as possible because that's where the flavour is. And peas can be grown on moist tissue paper.

I noticed the item because I thought it would be a good way of using up those left over seeds which will be out of date by next spring!

[Hilary B]

Fenugreek is good for sprouting too, has a nice flavour.

[Phreddy]

This was a tip on Gardener's Question Time last week (can't remember which presenter), said that any crops with edible leaves, including herbs, can be grown as 'micro greens'.

Put about 5cms multi-purpose compost in a seed tray, scatter seeds on top, lightly cover with a fine layer of compost, keep moist in a warm, bright place indoors. When grown to mustard and cress sort of size trim off with scissors taking as much stem as possible because that's where the flavour is. And peas can be grown on moist tissue paper.

I noticed the item because I thought it would be a good way of using up those left over seeds which will be out of date by next spring!

Thanks to all of you for the answers but Comfreyfan gets the prize. I googled 'micro greens' and found a whole lot about this. MGs are between sprouting and 'baby veg'. Herbs like basil are more intense and the other greens have more goodness.

I will be growing some of this stuff here and again in BG where there is not much by way of veg in the early months.

Again, thanks for the answers.