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Kamut (Khorasan) — Sprouting & Wheatgrass Seeds
Kamut (Khorasan) — Sprouting & Wheatgrass Seeds
Kamut (Khorasan) — Sprouting & Wheatgrass Seeds
Kamut (Khorasan) — Sprouting & Wheatgrass Seeds

Kamut (Khorasan) — Sprouting & Wheatgrass Seeds

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An ancient Persian wheat whose name recalls the antique kingdom of Khorasan, which stretched across present-day Iran, Afghanistan and Central Asia — a region where this wheat has been cultivated for at least 5,000 years. Its modern rediscovery owes itself to a romantic but disputed story: an American airman, Earl...

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An ancient Persian wheat whose name recalls the antique kingdom of Khorasan, which stretched across present-day Iran, Afghanistan and Central Asia — a region where this wheat has been cultivated for at least 5,000 years. Its modern rediscovery owes itself to a romantic but disputed story: an American airman, Earl Dedman, is said to have brought back Khorasan grains found in an Egyptian tomb around 1949 (hence the English nickname "King Tut's wheat"). It was, however, the Montana organic farmer Bob Quinn who ensured its commercial diffusion in the 1980s-90s and registered the name KAMUT, which is today a trademark guaranteeing organic certification.

A cousin of hard wheat, Khorasan stands out for grains nearly twice as large, of a beautiful amber yellow, with higher selenium and protein content than modern wheat. Some people sensitive to modern wheat tolerate it better — it does, however, contain gluten, and so is absolutely not suited to coeliacs.

As sprouts (3 to 5 days after soaking): small golden shoots with a white radicle, a noticeably milder, sweeter and nuttier flavour than hard wheat — to use in homemade sprout bread, as garnish on salads, in morning yogurt with honey, or as raw cereal with plant milk. As grass (kamutgrass), the direct equivalent of wheatgrass — to pass through a juicer for a milder, rounder drink than modern-wheat juice.

  • Soak: 8 to 12 hours in warm water before sowing.
  • Germination time: 2 to 3 days.
  • Sprout harvest: 3 to 5 days after the start of soaking.
  • Grass harvest: 8 to 12 days after sowing.
  • Yield: about 1 cup of grains produces a 20 × 20 cm tray of grass.
  • Best use: sprout bread, grass through a juicer, mild alternative to modern wheat.