Spinach with sesame

15 min · 2 servings · 130 kcal

Haruka Mori · @haruka_mori

Grind the sesame yourself. Ready-ground powder has no oil left in it, and the sauce turns to dust in the bowl.

Ingredients

• spinach300 g
• white sesame seeds3 tbsp
• soy sauce1 tbsp
• sugar1 tsp
• salt1 to taste

Instructions

1. Toast the sesame in a dry pan until it smells nutty and a few seeds jump. Watch it, this takes 2 minutes.
2. Grind two thirds of it coarsely. Keep the rest whole.
3. Blanch the spinach in salted water, 40 seconds.
4. Plunge it into cold water, then squeeze it dry in a tight roll.
5. Cut into 4 cm lengths.
6. Mix the ground sesame with soy and sugar. Fold the spinach through, scatter the whole seeds.

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