The best-known sprouts are probably soy- or mungbean sprouts in Asian woks. Most other seedlings have previously been accused of being the hippie-veggies of barefooted folks wearing tie-die shirts and of belonging to a bygone era. Today, however, slowly but surely they are brought out of their shadowy existence, and by and large praised as superfood. Let’s take a closer look today.

What are sprouts?

In general, a sprout or shoot is the early growth of a plant. When talking about sprouts in the culinary field, the term “food sprouts” is commonly used. Although you could also include real sprouts like asparagus or bamboo shoots to this group, today we only want to focus on the very young plants grown out of seeds of all sorts (e.g. the five-day-old lentil sprouts in the picture above). weiter lesen...