Place the chopped tomatoes in a colander resting over a plate. Sprinkle with the salt. Let sit for 15 minutes. You’ll be left ...

From oil it’s just a short hop to tahini, which was the byproduct when sesame seeds were pressed into oil. Tahini, Marks points out, comes from the Arabic word for “ground,” which is tahn.

In a medium sauté pan, warm 5 tablespoons (75 mL) of the sesame oil over medium-low heat until it begins to shimmer. Add the onion and cook until softened, 8 to 10 minutes, stirring frequently.

Sesame seeds give you a lot of bang for your buck or, to put it more elegantly, a lot of flavour for their size. The tiny seeds of the Sesamum indicum plant, which have a very high oil content ...

50g nutritional yeast 50g bonito flakes 40g sushi nori , torn into bite size pieces 5g salt 40g dried anchovy 30g sunflower seeds (crushed into powder in mortar & pestle, coffee grinder or blender ...

Regular sesame oil is produced by pressing raw sesame seeds, says Jessica Vanroo, CCMP, the executive chef for the University of California, Irvine’s Susan Samueli Integrative Health Institute.

Chinese sesame seed paste is delicious when combined with soy sauce, rice wine, vinegar, chilli oil or paste, and minced garlic, ginger and spring onion, then mixed with cooked noodles.