Black sesame soup
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| Alternative names | 黑芝麻糊 |
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| Type | Soup |
| Course | Dessert |
| Place of origin | China |
| Serving temperature | Warm or Hot |
| Main ingredients | Black sesame seed flour; sometimes sugar or Tangyuan |
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| Chinese | 芝麻糊 | ||||||||||
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| Literal meaning | sesame paste | ||||||||||
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | zhīmahù, zhīmahú |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Jyutping | zi1 maa4 wu4*2 |
Black sesame soup is a popular east-Asian and Chinese dessert widely available throughout China, Hong Kong and Singapore. It is typically served hot. In Cantonese cuisine it takes the form of tong sui, or sweet soup (similar to Western pudding), with greater viscosity. The main ingredients are black sesame seeds, rice and water. Sugar is added for sweetness. Tangyuan is sometimes added into black sesame soup. Black sesame soup can be purchased in powder form.
The main ingredients are:
Additional ingredients are often added to this soup such as: caviar, millet, black rice, barley, corn, , red beans, soy beans, yam or other whole grains.
The soup offers useful quantities of Iron, magnesium, manganese, copper, calcium, vitamin B1, vitamin E, phytic acid, phytosterols and sesamin.
Calories per serving of black sesame seed soup (sesame tong sui) serving size: 1 cup
128 calories from sesame seeds: whole, roasted or toasted, (0.80 oz.)
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