They are quite winter-hardy and slow to bolt. Indian mustard seems relatively unbothered by either insects or diseases. In addition to spicing up all manner of salads, try a few leaves on a sandwich to add the mustard flavor. This is the most bolt-resistant oriental brassica that we have encountered. We harvested leaves from the three foot plants from June to October.
Flavor is mild and sweet with just a touch of zesty pungency.
Leaves can be used in the stead of both the heading Chinese Cabbages and the milder mustards in soups, stir-fries, with meats and sauces. Also makes a piquant addition to a salad. It grows in a very stunning rosette, with the leaves fanning out in layers from the center of each head. Now, add to this all the advantages of hybrid breeding and you've got quite a nice Oriental green. Not only did this variety prove to have better holding abilities in the field over all the others, but it also had a more interesting, complex, mustardy flavor.