Legume sprouts: mainly fava beans, peanuts, green peas, soybeans, mung beans, red beans, black beans, lentils, acacia beans and so on. Vegetable sprouts: mainly spinach, kale, mustard, chard, bok choy, cabbage, parsley, garlic, garlic, chives, small onions and so on. Food and economic crops sprouts: mainly sunflower seeds, berries, peppers, sesame, buckwheat, barley, wheat and so on.
A legume sprouts
1, broad beans
Broad beans belong to the family of legumes, pea genus, is an annual or perennial herbaceous plants, the world's third most important winter edible bean crops. Fava bean protein content of 25% -35%, high nutritional value, but also rich in sugar, minerals, vitamins, calcium and iron. It can be used as traditional ration, but also modern green food and nutritional health food. It is widely planted in China, and has been an important food resource since ancient times, as well as an important export resource.
2, peanuts
Peanuts are abundant in our country, eating a wide range of nuts, belonging to the Rosaceae, Leguminosae annual herbs. Can be used for soap and hair oil and other cosmetic raw materials, mainly distributed in Brazil, China, Egypt and other places. Suitable for growth in warm climate, long growing season, moderate rainfall in sandy soil areas. It contains 25%-35% protein, and the fruit also contains sugars, fats, vitamin B6, vitamin A, vitamin K, vitamin E, and minerals such as calcium, phosphorus, iron and other nutrients.
3, green peas
Peas are leguminous annual climbing herbs, 0.5-2 meters high. Native to the Mediterranean and Central Asia, is one of the world's important cultivated crops. Seeds and young pods, seedlings are edible, seeds contain starch, oil, can be used for medicine. Stems and leaves can cool the summer heat, and for green manure, fodder or fuel. For half-hardy crops, like mild and humid climate, do not tolerate hot and dry, the adaptability of the soil is wider, the soil quality requirements are not high, with strong water retention, good aeration and rich in humus sandy loam and loam is the most suitable.
4, soybeans
Soybeans are annual herbs of the genus Soybean in the family Leguminosae, 30-90 cm high. Native to China, cultivated throughout China, but also widely cultivated around the world. Northeast China for the main producing areas, is a kind of its seeds are rich in plant protein crops, commonly used to do a variety of soybean products, extraction of soybean oil, brewing soy sauce and protein extraction. Soybean nutrition is comprehensive, rich in content, the protein content of which is two times higher than pork, is 2.5 times the content of eggs.
5, mung beans
Mung beans are the seeds of the legume mung beans, which have been cultivated in China for more than two thousand years, the seeds and stems are widely eaten. Each 100 grams of mung beans contain 23.8 grams of protein, 58.8 grams of carbohydrates, 0.5 grams of fat, 80 milligrams of calcium, 360 milligrams of phosphorus, 6.8 milligrams of iron. It also contains carotene, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, vitamin E and niacin and a variety of mineral elements.
6, red beans
Red bean seeds are usually dark red or other colors, oblong, the umbilicus is not depressed, flowering in summer, September-October results. Dry beans contain 21-23% protein, 0.3% fat, 65% carbohydrate. It is cultivated in both north and south China. The Americas and the Congo and Uganda in Africa have also been introduced. Seeds for food, cooking porridge, making bean paste can be.
7, black beans
Black beans are black seeds of soybean plants in the legume family soybean, protein content of 36%, rich in vitamins, vitamins and melanin and other substances, including B vitamins and vitamin E content is very high. Black beans are kidney-shaped or class round, black-red or purple-red surface, glossy, thin and brittle seed coat, easier to break. Each 100g of black beans contain up to 49.8% protein, higher than other legumes.
8, lentils
Lentils are legumes, lentils perennial twining vine plants. The seeds are flat, long oval, white in white-flowered varieties and purple-black in purple-flowered varieties. Native to India, distributed in tropical and subtropical areas, such as Africa, the Indian subcontinent and Indonesia, China's north and south are planted. Lentils dry beans contain 20.4% protein, fresh beans contain 2.5% protein, starch content of 47.86-57.29%.
9, acacia beans
Acacia beans are a poisonous plant in the genus Acacia, family Leguminosae, widely distributed in tropical areas. The seeds contain a protein called acacia toxic protein, this toxin has a strong toxicity, accidental ingestion will be poisoned, and in serious cases will even die. The seeds can be made into beaded jewelry and percussion instruments, and there are also rumors in Taiwan that the stems are used to add flavor to tea.
Second, vegetable sprouts
1, spinach
Spinach belongs to the quinoa family spinach, annual herbs. There are many kinds, according to the seed form can be divided into two variants of thorny species and spineless species. Spinach on the soil adaptability, but still water retention and fertility strong fertile soil is good, is a cold-hardy vegetables, seeds can germinate at 4 ℃, the most suitable for 15-20 ℃. Spinach has? Nutrition model student? The name, it is rich in carotenoids, vitamin C, vitamin K, minerals (calcium, iron, etc.), coenzyme Q10 and other nutrients.
2, kale
Kale for the Cruciferae, Brassica annual herbaceous plants, cultivation history is long, is one of China's specialty vegetables. Kale moss tender, crisp, sweet, flavorful, fat shoots and young leaves for consumption, per 100 grams of fresh kale moss containing 92-93 grams of water, vitamin C51.3-68.8 mg, there are quite a lot of minerals, is kale vegetables in the nutrient-rich vegetables, can be fried, soup food, or as a side dish.
3, mustard
Mustard is Cruciferae, Brassicaceae annual herbs. Cultivated throughout China. Leaves salted for food, seeds and whole grass for medicinal purposes, seeds ground powder called mustard, for the seasoning, squeezed out of the oil called mustard oil, this species is an excellent honey plant. Seeds spherical, about 1 mm in diameter, purple-brown. Flowering period March-May, fruiting period May-June.
4, Chinese cabbage
Chinese cabbage is a vegetable native to East Asia, commonly known as bok choy, native to China, north and south of the distribution of various places in our country, cultivation is very extensive, is very rich in minerals and vitamins of vegetables. Cabbage contains protein, fat, crude fiber, carbohydrates, acidic pectin, calcium, phosphorus, iron and other minerals and a variety of vitamins.
5, Chinese cabbage
Chinese cabbage is cruciferous, Brassica juncea biennial herbs, originally distributed in North China, China is widely cultivated throughout. Cabbage is hardy, prefer cool climate, not suitable for planting in poor drainage clay soil. Vegetable leaves can be fried, raw food, salt pickle, sauce, the outer layer of shed leaves can still be used as fodder, but also has a certain medicinal value.
6, parsley
Parsley is a biennial herb of the genus Parsley in the umbelliferae. Its edible part of the young leaves and young stems, can be eaten raw or cooked with meat, can also be used as a dry aromatic seasoning for dishes or to make soups and other vegetable food flavorings, parsley on the geological and climatic adaptability is high, cultivation is also very easy, all over the world are cultivated, but the dryness of the adaptability of the poor.
7, garlic seedlings
Garlic seedlings, also known as green garlic (not see the light for garlic yellow), is a garlic seedling development to a certain period of time seedlings, it grows in the farmland, it has a spicy flavor of garlic to its tender garlic leaves and leaf sheaths for food. It is rich in vitamin C as well as protein, carotene, thiamin, riboflavin and other nutrients.
8, garlic yellow
Garlic yellow is a garlic seedling, genus Allium in the family of Liliaceae, the use of garlic bulbs in the dark conditions of soft cultivation and become. Soilless cultivation of garlic yellow, do not spray any pesticides and fertilizers, can be directly cleaned and eaten. Good quality garlic yellow should be soft and tender, plant fat, leaf wax yellow, leaf tip slightly light purple, the base of the tender white, the tip of the leaf does not rot, not dry, rich in fragrance, spicy flavor is not strong.
9, leeks
leeks are leeks through the cultivation of soil, shading cover and other measures, in the absence of light in the environment after the softening of cultivation to produce yellow leeks. With young leaves for people to eat, not only nutritious, but also has a certain therapeutic health effects.
10, small onions
Small onions belong to the genus Allium, the upper part of the green onion leaves, the lower part of the white onion white, is an important seasoning, edible parts of the onion leaves, white onion, onion beard, can be fresh, fried. Native to Siberia, China has a long history of cultivation, widely distributed, and Shandong, Hebei, Henan and other provinces as an important place of origin.
Third, food and economic crops sprouts
1, sunflower seeds
Sunflower seeds, the sunflower fruit, can be used for food and oil, rich in unsaturated fatty acids, a variety of vitamins and trace elements, its flavor is delicious, is a very popular casual snacks and sources of edible oil. The seeds are large, thick-skinned, with a low kernel yield of about 50%, and kernel oil content, generally 40%-50%. The pericarp is mostly black with white stripes. Suitable for frying or as fodder.
2, wolfberry
Lycium barbarum is the family of Solanaceae, genus Lycium, people daily consumption and medicinal use of wolfberries more than ningxia wolfberry fruit? Goji berries? Ningxia wolfberry in China cultivation area is the largest, mainly distributed in northwest China. Common varieties in other regions are Chinese wolfberry and its variants.
3, pepper
Pepper is the Brassicaceae, pepper genus deciduous small trees, seen in the plains to the higher elevation of the mountains, in Qinghai, seen in the slopes at an altitude of 2,500 meters, there are also planted. Drought-resistant, sun-loving, planted everywhere. Distribution in China from the north to the south of the Northeast, south to the northern slopes of the Five Ridges, southeast to Jiangsu, Zhejiang coastal belt, southwest to southeastern Tibet, Taiwan, Hainan and Guangdong does not produce.
4, sesame
Sesame is the seed of sesame, annual erect herb, 60-150 cm high. It is one of the main oil crops in China, with high application value, and its seed oil content is up to 55%. The oil extracted is known as hemp oil, houma oil, sesame oil, characterized by a mellow smell, raw and hot can be used.
5, buckwheat
Buckwheat is an annual herb, 75 days to maturity, the north can be two seasons, the upper part of the branch, green or red, with longitudinal ribs, glabrous or on one side of the longitudinal ribs along the papillae. Prefer cool and humid climate, do not tolerate high temperature, drought, wind, fear of frost, like sunshine, need more water.
6, barley
Barley is Gramineae, barley annual herbaceous plants, growing environment is very wide, and has a spring, winter growth habit. It is one of the world's oldest cultivated crops, with edible, forage, brewing, medicinal and other uses. Barley contains 55-65% starch and is one of the cheapest sources of starch. It is mainly used for food and non-food products, and is the main raw material for making natural starch, starch derivatives, and fructose syrup.
7, wheat
Wheat is the collective name of plants in the genus Wheat, is a cereal crop widely planted around the world, wheat glumes are one of the staple foods of mankind, ground into flour can be made into bread, steamed bread, cookies, noodles and other food, fermentation can be made into beer, alcohol, white wine (such as vodka), or biomass fuel.