Try something new with of sesame seeds — easy recipes with ingredients you already have at home.
Japchae is a popular Korean savory and slightly sweet dish of stir-fried glass noodles and vegetables.
This dish of tender tofu and preserved egg salad may seem simple, but it has a lot of special "meanings" in it: • A wonderful collision of tastes: tender tofu is as smooth and soft as pudding, with a sweet bean fragrance; the preserved egg is chewy and elastic, the egg yolk is dense and has a special "runny" feeling, and a unique salty fragrance. One soft and one tough, one light and one strong, the combination of a particularly rich taste is the key to many people falling in love with this dish.
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"Cool Summer Three Fresh Bowl" consists of cherry tomatoes, cucumbers and ice jelly, and its benefits to the body are mainly reflected in the following aspects: - Replenish water and electrolytes: Ice jelly itself has a high water content, and it can quickly replenish water in summer when combined with cucumbers (about 95% water content) and cherry tomatoes (about 90% water content); cucumbers also contain potassium, which helps maintain electrolyte balance in the body. - Provide vitamins and dietary fiber: Cherry tomatoes are rich in vitamin C and lycopene, cucumbers contain B vitamins and dietary fiber, and ice jelly (mostly made of plant gum) can also provide a small amount of dietary fiber. The combination of the three can promote intestinal peristalsis and help digestion, which is suitable for more people.
Grilled Chicken Za’atar is a flavorful Middle Eastern-inspired dish featuring tender chicken thighs marinated in a blend of za’atar spices, garlic, lemon juice, and olive oil. After grilling, the chicken is served atop a creamy dill yogurt sauce, offering a harmonious balance of smoky, tangy, and herbaceous flavors. This dish pairs well with a fresh green salad or warm pita bread.
As promised from the last recipe, here is an alternative of how you can spice up your braised meat to enhance its flavour to next level!
This dessert combines a variety of nuts and seeds such as peanuts, apricot kernels, brown rice, sesame seeds, black soybeans, mung beans, and red beans, soaked and cooked with dried longan to create a rich and nutritious warm drink. The roasting of the sesame seeds adds a distinctive aroma, while the longan provides a touch of natural sweetness. Served warm, this dish is perfect for a comforting and healthy dessert.
Thumb-fried dumplings are made of thin and transparent dumpling skin with delicate folds, shaped like a fistful of ingots, fried until the bottom is crispy with amber crust, sprinkled with white sesame seeds and tender green onions, just like stars. The moment you bite it, the hot and fragrant gravy bursts on the tip of your tongue, and the meaty aroma is intoxicating. Snowflake dumplings are also eye-catching, with starch water outlining the ice flower background, snow-white and crystal like blooming frost flowers, crispy skin, full filling, and crisp sound and meaty aroma intertwined when you bite it.
Gently scoop up a piece with a spoon, the chewy touch trembles slightly on the tip of the tongue, take a sip, the sweetness with a hint of dragon fruit's unique light fruity aroma spreads in the mouth, not too sweet, but like the refreshing summer frozen into a chewable shape. Occasionally biting into the tiny fruit particles hidden inside, a crunching sound adds a bit of playful taste, after eating, even the tip of the tongue seems to be stained with a bit of gentle red
On the table in the morning, a "Guahua Qinliang Zao" is placed. The name alone makes people feel refreshed. The green cucumber flowers are carefully picked and washed, with the freshness just picked from the vines, or the whole flower is used as an embellishment, or torn into thin strips and spread on the bottom of the bowl, with a faint sweet taste. The smooth jelly is cut into small pieces, wrapped in transparent juice, trembling in the bowl, exuding a refreshing coolness. The most wonderful thing is the watermelon flowers, the light yellow petals with a velvety texture, gently placed on the jelly, like a gentle decoration for this bowl of breakfast. Stir it, the freshness of the cucumber flowers, the smoothness of the jelly, and the light fragrance of the watermelon flowers are mixed together, and the entrance is refreshing with a slight coolness, without a heavy feeling, but full of natural freshness. Take a bite, as if the morning dew and the fragrance of plants are all in your mouth, awakening the taste buds that have not yet fully awakened, and starting a day of lightness.