How to cook sesame milk at home?

Sesame (otherwise it is called sesame) is an annual herbaceous plant, whose useful properties of seeds were known even in Ancient Rome, Greece, China, Babylon.

In the modern world sesame is recognized as one of the most useful natural products. Seeds and oil are readily used by the culinary specialists of the whole world in salads, pastries, sweets. Useful properties of small seeds make it possible to apply them to promote health and preserve youth.

Seeds of sesame are white, black, yellow, brown. In cooking, white and black grains are most often used. Black sesame is most aromatic, it is added to the finished dish without additional processing. White sesame is most often added to the dishes followed by heat treatment.

Any dish with sesame seeds (salad or bun, sprinkled with grains, halva of sesame, sesame milk, etc.) certainly has not only a flavor and unique taste, but also unique useful properties.

Sesame: composition

Sesame seeds have not only excellent taste qualities and a specific flavor, but also a unique composition of useful minerals and vitamins.

A hundred grams of sesame seeds contain:

• Fats - 48,7%;
• Proteins - 19.4%;
• Carbohydrates - 12.2%;
• Water - 9%;
• Dietary fiber - 5.6%.

The energy value of 100 grams of sesame seeds is 565 kilocalories.

Sesame contains:

• Vitamins of group B, E, PP;
• potassium;
• magnesium;
• calcium;
• phosphorus;
• sodium;
• iron.

Why is sesame useful?

Based on the composition, sesame even in a small amount is very useful for the prevention of many diseases:

• Dietary fibers contribute to the cleansing of the gastrointestinal tract and the removal of toxins that cause allergic manifestations, normalize the stool.
• Sesame due to the large content of fats - a fairly high-calorie product. However, the fat composition removes harmful cholesterol from the body and cleans vessels from plaques, thus being an excellent preventive tool in the fight against cardiovascular diseases.
• Sesame contains unique antioxidants. They slow down the aging of the body, stop the development of cancer cells.
• Sesame promotes blood clotting, which is a good tool for patients suffering from special types of diathesis.
• Seeds of sesame contain a large amount of easily digestible vegetable protein. This makes them useful for athletes who build muscle.
• Sesame is useful for patients with diseases of the thyroid gland, kidneys, liver.
• Sesame contains a huge amount of calcium, which is fully absorbed by the body. One hundred grammes of seeds contain a daily norm of calcium, which makes it useful in fractures of bones, diseases of the musculoskeletal system, osteoporosis. Sesame is a good preventive tool for preventing diseases associated with calcium deficiency.
• One hundred gram of seeds cover the daily requirement of the organism in the gland.

Sesame: Contraindications

Sesame, of course, is useful, but in everything you need to observe the measure and caution. Unfortunately, there are some contraindications to the use of seeds:

• Predisposition to high blood coagulability, with thrombosis;
• Children under the age of three;
• At allergic manifestations on sesame;
• With urolithiasis;
• At a high content of calcium;
• Sesame can not be used with aspirin, estrogens, oxalic acid.

In what form should I use?

Of course, it is useful to use sesame as a part of bakery products and sweets. But for more assimilation of useful substances, seeds must be slightly warmed up or soaked before use (preferably in warm water).

Soaked sesame when used should be properly chewed.

Useful substances are much more in unrefined seeds.

Long-term heat treatment reduces many times the useful properties of the product.

A day is recommended to use three or four teaspoons of tea.

Salads from vegetables with sesame seeds and sesame milk are very useful, the recipe of which will be given below.

A classic recipe for sesame milk

How to cook sesame milk at home? Consider the example of a classic recipe.

Required products:

• Water - 2 liters (for the finished product),
• Water - for soaking sesame,
• Sesame seeds - 200 grams,
• Honey - to taste.

Sesame soak for 6 or 8 hours in a small amount of water. The seeds should soften. The water in which the sesame is soaked will become dirty. Rinse the sesame seeds and pour out the dirty water.

In a container pour two liters of clean water, put in it a prepared sesame.

Blend the water with the seeds well with a blender until foam is obtained. Then add honey (to taste, about one tablespoon). Continue to beat until a milky shade is obtained.

Then strain the resulting mixture through a cheesecloth or fine sieve. The drink is ready for use. Shelf life - no more than three days in the refrigerator.

Sesame milk is made from water and sesame, so it has all the useful properties of sesame. However, we must not forget about the contraindications to sesame, which also apply to milk.

Sesame milk with additives

To diversify tastes, sesame milk can be cooked with various additives: berries, fruits, cocoa, turmeric, etc. With what and how to make sesame milk at home? It depends only on the imagination and taste preferences of the cook.

The basis of all drinks is sesame milk by the classic recipe.

Very delicious is a drink with the addition of a banana.

To prepare it you will need:

• Water - two glasses (for milk);
• Sesame seeds - one glass;
• Banana - one piece;
• Cinnamon - powder to taste;
• Water for soaking sesame.

Seeds of sesame soak for eight hours, you can at night. Further, after the sesame is softened, pour out the water.

Seeds put in a container, pour two glasses of water, mix the mixture with a blender until milk color and foam.

Then add the banana to the milk and mix it up again. In the drink you can add a spoonful of honey (to taste).

The resulting milk should be poured over glasses, sprinkle with ground cinnamon (to taste).

Instead of a banana in sesame milk, you can add a handful of pre-chopped dates or currant berries.

Smoothies of sesame milk

As a useful vegetarian breakfast, you can recommend smoothies from fruits and milk from sesame.

To prepare it you will need:

• Sesame seeds - one glass;
• Water for milk preparation - two glasses;
• Oranges - two pieces;
• Raspberry fresh (you can take frozen) - one glass;
• Dates - ten pieces;
• Cinnamon powder - to taste;
• Water for soaking seeds.

Soak for a few nights in a small amount of water.

In the morning, the softened seeds should be taken out of the water, transferred to a container, filled with fresh water to make milk.

Blend the mixture blender to foam and milk color, strain through gauze or sieve.

Oranges cleaned, slices finely chopped, chopped dates.

Combine sesame milk, dates, oranges and ground cinnamon. Blend the mixture well again in a blender.

Raspberry, put on the bottom of the glasses. Gently pour smoothies into glasses. Raspberry puree should stay on the bottom.

Lose weight with milk from sesame

Sesame milk contains a large amount of calcium, which is easily absorbed by the body. If the body is deficient in calcium, then we have a stable craving for sweets, which is difficult to resist.

It turns out that one cup of sesame milk rescues us from calcium deficiency, strengthens the bone system, teeth, hair, helps to overcome the unpleasant consequences of menopause, and also saves us from the immense eating of sweet buns and sweets.

Daily use of one glass of sesame milk in the morning on an empty stomach significantly reduces cravings for sweets, which contributes to a noticeable improvement in shape and weight loss.

Conclusion

Sesame milk, whose benefits are indisputable, should take a worthy place in the diet.

Preparation of sesame milk at home is a simple process, any mistress can cope with it.

Useful milk can be drunk for breakfast with coffee or cocoa, cook on it porridge, ferment in kefir, mix with fruits and berries, prepare cocktails and smoothies from it.

You choose, with what additives and how to make sesame milk at home. Experiment, look for your unique tastes and remember: your health and the health of your loved ones depends on the dishes that you cook at home.

Bon Appetit!