Mustard seeds for making mustard

[TrialAndError]

I've just got it in my head that I want to grow my own mustard plants so that I can get more mustard seeds and then make mustard. Seemed simple enough to me but I can't find any company selling mustard seeds for growing.

Anyone any idea where I can buy the seeds and also why they are not sold. Is it devilishly difficult to grow mustard in the UK?

[veggiechicken]

Buy a packet of mustard seeds (for cooking) from your local Asian deli and grow those!

Mustard Seeds Glossary | Recipes with Mustard Seeds | Tarladalal.com

[hamamelis]

Nope- mustard is simple enough to grow that it's grown as a green manure! It's also widely available round here... Very odd.

I happen to have bought a big bag of white tilney mustard seeds last week, 'cos a local place sells 'em loose and very cheap as a green manure. This is apparently the variety Colman's uses for mustard powder.

The James Wong range sells it in dinky packs for £2.49. If you don't want to go the Asian shop route, or you want that specific flavour, you could always get that .

Or.. Erm.. Pm me, 'cos I have loads...

[alldigging]

Use mustard seeds from the indian shop. Very cheap!
The bees like the flowers too!

[Kristen]

Is it easy to make Mustard? I like the "Dijon" whole seed type ... so perhaps I only need to do "some" processing, compared to a paste mustard? or just add some Colmans paste to my seeds and cheat?!!

[TrialAndError]

That's one idea but I've read that the process of drying and preparing the seeds for cooking damages them. But maybe that's not the case. Failing all else I'll try that.

As for making mustard I think it's relatively easy, basically water, vinegar, mush it all up with a bit of oil and hey presto you have mustard. The key is getting the proportions right and possibly a mix of dark and light coloured seeds.

Dijon, from what I understand is made with grape juice or white wine rather than vinegar.

Add some mustard seeds to Colmans and I think you would get something like wholegrain mustard but rather damaging to the teeth!

[rustylady]

That's one idea but I've read that the process of drying and preparing the seeds for cooking damages them. But maybe that's not the case. Failing all else I'll try that

Drying seeds doesn't damage them at all - that's how we all save our own seeds from all sorts of plants. Simply leave them in a warm airy place

[Guest]

I have tried to grow mustard in the past for seed and for how much seed you get its a lot of faff and waste of space and a bit pointless for how much mustard seed and mustard products cost. However, if your mind is set on it please don't let me put you off

[Kristen]

Thanks, very helpful

I think you would get something like wholegrain mustard but rather damaging to the teeth!

But like my Wholemeal bread then? !!

[TrysHard]

Ebay has some

Green Manure - Mustard White Tilney 50 grammes | eBay

[WilliamD]

There are three key principles to turning those seeds into tasty mustard:

1. It's much easier to process / blitz them into mustard if you've soaked them for a few days to soften them. dry mustard seeds are very hard.

2. Water, not vinegar, triggers the enzyme in the seeds that releases flavour. But leave them soaking in water too long (more than about 10 minutes) and the flavour fades again. So it's then, after 10 mins, that you add the vinegar, which stops the reaction and fixes the flavour. And that's the mix that you leave to soak for a few days.

3. After you've soaked and blitzed the mix, your mustard will probbly taste vile. You have to let it mature. I usually leave it for at least two months. The longer the better and the transformation of the taste can be stunning. I left one jar for about a year, after which it tasted sublime.

Here's my recipe and method.

[TrialAndError]

Thanks very much for the replies. I'll try a jar of mustard seeds from Asda first and if that doesn't work will then use TrysHard Amazon seed recommendation.

And thanks very much for the recipe WilliamD, excellent.