I'm habituated to nibbling on sweet something after a meal.Slice of orange is best in terms of nutrition.Or may be a dried fruit like date ,figs or piece of dark chocolate.If not I might even grab a cookie,even though its a less healthier choice.That's how desperately I crave for a sweet after a meal.
Having a nutty ,gooey,finger licking good treats like these in stock relieves of any guilt pangs later. Brown sesame seeds are unhulled sesame seeds,its richer source of B vitamins than the hulled white sesame seeds.Sesame seeds are excellent source of minerals like copper and manganese.They are also a good source of magnesium, calcium, iron, phosphorus, vitamin B1 and zinc.Read more at WHFoods. And fresh ginger used ,soothes and aids in digestion.I've tried sweetening these with honey and date syrup,either work fine.
Recipe : Brown Sesame Treats
Ingredients
3/4 cup Brown sesame seeds
1/2 teaspoon fresh ginger(don't used canned),minced
1/4 cup Date syrup or Pure Organic Honey
Method
Toast the sesame seeds in a pan on medium heat for about 5-6 minutes.
Warm the honey or syrup in a small skillet.Add the sesame seeds and ginger.Combine well and turn the heat off.
Carefully spread the warm mixture on tray lined with parchment paper.Let cool for 10 minutes.Score in squares.Then cool completely another 20-30 minutes before serving.
Store in air tight containers for up to a month.
Sesame treats are my entry for Priya's Cooking with seeds : Sesame .
What's your favorite after meal treat ?
42 comments:
I'm on a quest for healthy snacks after the holidays. I just made Acquired Taste's roasted chickpeas. I can't wait to try these!
Woww!! looks really tempting.Nice click too...
Woww cant take my eyes from the click, u have turned ur sesame treats soo beautiful Yas..thanks for sending to CWS..
These squares look so so yumm. I woudn't mind having them for munching any time of the day.
Addition of ginger is interesting, gives you more nutritional value. looks good.
Wow!!! these sesame treats look so tasty and healthy:)
Great recipe!
Looks really tempting and delicious...
Nice click...
I definitely crave sweets after meals as well. Sometimes I go for the dried fruit, an apple, or a spoonful of ice cream if I'm feeling especially indulgent. These look quite delicious! I love the flavor of sesame seeds.
yummy delicious..and a healthy treat !!
A scrumptious treat! Can I have some ;-P?
Cheers,
Rosa
Eye catching pictures..love these delicious treats..I'm new here..you got a very lovely blog..am following you dear
This is a great snack we have in Greece called pastelli. However we do not add ginger in the it but we add nuts.
This one reminds my childhood memories! I liked the peanut chikki a lot - this one is great treat!
Je connais la version chinoise.
Une vraie gourmandises à déguster en douceur.
See soon.
Here in Phoenix we have the best of all nutritional worlds, with citrus trees and fig trees in abundance (in our yard we have several). I agree, a great snack is an orange slice!
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What a tempting treat...both for eyes and mouth :-)Very interesting combo, with ginger..good one Yasmeen :-)
A small piece of gur does the trick for me :)
i have never eaten brown til chiki ( we call this chiki in Pak )I heard they are bitter. Are they ?
Awesome! That looks great!
Thank you all :D
Sadia,
I bought these from Indian store here,didn't taste bitter.yeah these do resemble chikki,taste more chewy and not very crunchy like the chikki.
These look like fantastic treats, especially for the Chinese New Year, where a similar treat is served.
sounds easy and delicious love to try it
I too love having something sweet after every meal...your sesame bars sounds awesome...very healthy too...I will try it soon :)
you do come up with healthy substitutes..looks superb..
loved the addition of date syrup to these delicious sesame treats!
sesame treat looks delicious..
Salam Yasmeen, the sesame treats looked so delicious..you have good collection of healthy recipes that made me to come back again.
Selamün aleykum Yasmeen;
How are you?
Looks really tempting and delicious!
they look delicious and healthy too; love the addition of date syrup :)
reminds me of the groundnut sweets, we used to buy near school; we call it "mallatta paaku" , nice recipe!!
Lovely looking bars,we make balls with jaggery,with honey its so yumm looking!
Guilt free snack it is.Brown sesame seeds we get here are a bit bitter.It is believed that heating alters the nutritional properties of honey and hence discouraged.
Wow, love these Yasmeen.Excellent clicks .PERFECT treats :P
wow,sesame and ginger,and honey great combo..loved it.
Sahiti,
Its slow heating and warming it,not really boiling the honey or date syrup.
what a delicious treat any time
yummy!!
Very healthy snack!Lovely click!
These look wonderful, Yasmeen. I'm just like you in wanting a touch of sweet after most meals. What a perfect, easy recipe to put together.
I love snacking on these. My mother used to give us these to snack on during winter months as she believes sesame and jaggery have warmth and heat producing effects on the body. Looks lovely!
i make these with jaggery :-) and yes, the ginger gives it such a nice zing. lovely picture yasmeen.
Don't stop posting such articles. I love to read stories like that. BTW add some pics :)
Assalamalikum yasmeen,
Been so long.
I love your sesame thing.Is it like the Indian chikki, you know the peanut ones and all.
simple, easy and healthy...
Mmmmmmm Yasmeen, have you thought about selling these ;-) I would buy all of them. Ginger must have added the lovely flavor.
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