Great Recipe Ideas for Sesame Seeds

Tabouli Salad

Crispy Sesame Chicken

Nutty Ice-cream

Sesame & Lentil Pastries

Tabouli Salad

Ingredients:

Method:

  • 1/3 cup Nu-Vit Sesame Seeds
  • 2 cups parsley, chopped
  • 1/4 cup shallots, finely chopped
  • 1/4 cup mint, finely chopped
  • Juice 1 lemon
  • 1 tomato, finely chopped
  • 1/4 cup pine nuts
  • Mix all ingredients together.
  • Serve as a side dish or use as a kebab filling.

 

Serves 4

 

Crispy Sesame Chicken

Ingredients:

Method:

  • 6 chicken fillets
  • 1/2 cup plain flour
  • 3/4 cup milk
  • 1 cup Nu-Vit Sesame Seeds, toasted
  • 1 tbsp parsley, chopped

 

  • Remove excess fat from chicken.
  • Roll chicken in flour then dip in milk.
  • Repeat step 2.
  • Roll in seeds and parsley until covered.
  • Place chicken on a non-stick tray.
  • Bake uncovered in a moderate oven until cooked.
  • Serve hot or cold.

Serves 4

 

Nutty Ice - cream

Ingredients:

Method:

  • 1/2 cup macadamias, roasted
  • 1/2 cup almonds, blanched whole
  • 1/2 cup cashews, raw
  • 1/4 cup Nu-Vit Sesame Seeds
  • 1/2 cup pecans
  • 2 tablespoons L.S.A. Mix
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1 teaspoons cold pressed oil
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla essence
  • Place nuts and seeds in a blender.
  • Add remaining ingredients and blend on high speed until the mixture is smooth.
  • Pour into 4 individual dessert glasses and cover with cling wrap.
  • Place in the freezer and wait until set.
  • Serve with fresh fruit, whipped cream and crushed nuts.

 

Serves 4

 

Sesame & Lentil Pastries

Ingredients:

Method:

  • 4 sheets fillo pastry
  • 50g margarine
  • 3 teaspoons Nu-Vit Sesame Seeds

 

Filling

  • 2 teaspoons margarine
  • 3 chopped spring onions
  • 3 tablespoons red lentils
  • 2 teaspoons fresh basil, chopped
  • 2 cloves garlic, crushed
  • 3/4 cup water
  • 30g chopped almonds
  • 1/2 cup bean sprouts

 

  • Melt margarine in a saucepan, add garlic and spring onions and stir on low for 3 minutes.
  • Add lentils, basil and water and bring to boil.
  • Reduce heat and simmer for 25 minutes.
  • Remove from heat, stand for 20 minutes. Mix in almonds and sprouts.
  • Layer the fillo sheets and brush each layer with melted margarine.
  • Cut into 10 cm wide strips, place equal amounts of filling onto the end of each strip.
  • Fold the corner of the pastry into a triangle: continue to fold end over end maintaining triangle shape.
  • Sprinkle tops with sesame seeds and bake in a hot oven for 15 minutes.

Serves 4