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Recipe for Gomashio – Roasted Sesame-Salt Condiment

Yields1 Serving

 1 cup sesame seeds (tan or black)
 1 tbsp salt (can be adjusted, depending the desired strength)
1

Wash seeds.

2

Drain and place them in a dry skillet and stir until all water is evaporated. Then remove.

3

Dry-roast salt in a frying pan for a minute over a medium heat, stirring constantly.

4

Grind fine in a suribachi.

5

Dry-roast the damp seeds, stirring constantly with a rice paddle or wooden spoon, until most of the moisture evaporates and they begin to pop.

6

Place the roasted seeds in a suribachi and grind them along with the ground salt. Grind slowly in a circular motion until 80 % of the seeds are crushed.