Sesame Seasoning

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Ingredients

cup unhulled sesame seeds

2 tablespoons nutritional yeast flakes

teaspoon salt

Preparation

Makes 1/2 cup.

This seasoning adds delicious flavor to steamed vegetables, cooked rice, or baked potatoes. Unhulled sesame seeds (sometimes called brown sesame seeds) are sold in natural food stores and specialty shops.

Toast the sesame seeds in a dry skillet over medium heat, stirring constantly until the seeds begin to pop and brown slightly, abut 5 minutes. Transfer to a blender along with the nutritional yeast and salt and grind into a powder.

NOTES : Note that unhulled sesame seeds is another name for black sesame seeds. You could use white or tan sesame seeds, instead. The second recipe is similar to the first with the addition of nutritional yeast.