Roasted Sweet Powdered Sesame

A tasty way to reap the great benefits of sesame. Nourishes your skin, hair, memory, intelligence and digestion.

Ingredients

    Raw sesame seeds 100 grams

    Powdered raw sugar 100 grams

Method of Preparation

    Take a pan with a heavy base and warm it on the stove.

    Put in sesame seeds and roast on low fire till they become a little brown.

    Be careful not to burn the seeds.

    Take it off the fire and let cool. Now, grind these seeds into a coarse powder.

    Add powdered raw sugar and mix well.

    Store in an airtight container.

    This is an excellent snack in winters!

Medicinal Properties

It is warm in nature and therefore great for winters. It is good for the skin and hair. It gives strength and helps in polyurea. It increases memory and intelligence. It is also helpful in increasing the digestive fire. It is a good aphrodisiac and provides good physique.

Sesame seeds are full of calcium, magnesium, copper, vitamin B1, zinc and dietary fiber. They offer the most nutritional value when the entire seed is used (un-hulled).

These multi-tasking seeds are also rich in sesamin and sesamolin, fibers called lignans that can lower cholesterol and help prevent high blood pressure.

Dosha Analysis

Sesame seeds increase pitta and kapha, but pacify vata dosha. However, roasted sweet sesame seeds balance all the three doshas.

Note:
If you do not wish to add raw sugar, you may skip it. However in that case, the recipe would taste pungent and increase pitta in the body. Therefore, pitta persons can add fresh unsalted butter to the powdered roasted sesame seeds and eat (10 grams of fresh butter may be added to two-table spoon of powdered roasted sesame seeds). This will help pacify the pitta dosha.