Spice
Brassica juncea
A tier
Brassica juncea is brown/Indian mustard—hotter seed than white, essential to Dijon-style and many Asian mustards, also grown as mustard greens. Seeds are reddish-brown; heat builds with water activation of enzymes. The serious mustard seed for sharp pastes. Greens are a separate vegetable use of the same species.
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Characteristics
Preparations
Dijon StyleGreensHot MustardOilseed
Traits
BrownBrown SeedDijon And AsianGreens TooHotHotterVersatile
History
IN
South Asian agriculture used B. juncea for oilseed, greens, and spice.
Botany fixed Brassica juncea among mustards.
FR
Dijon mustard traditions relied on brown juncea-type seeds.
Global brown mustard seed trade supplied hot mustard industries.