Zhir Ma Bao (Black Sesame Filling for Buns)
- Ready In:
- 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 4
- Yields:
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4-8 filled buns
- Serves:
- 4-8
ingredients
- 3⁄4 - 1 cup black sesame seed
- 3⁄4 cup raw sugar, the less finely ground the better
- 1⁄2 cup boiling water
- 2 tablespoons peanut oil
directions
- Toast sesame seeds very lightly (be careful, black sesame becomes very bitter if overtoasted.).
- Add 1/4 cup sugar to the boiling water, dissolve.
- Combine 1/4 cup remaining sugar, sesame seeds, and 1 tbs peanut oil in a blender or masher.
- Process or crush to desired fineness – it can be anything from a gritty paste to a smooth filling.
- Add the hot water and remaining 1/4 cup of sugar and the remaining 1 tbs oil during the grinding process to adjust sweetness, consistency, and smoothness to taste.
- NOTE: This recipe should yield a very sesame-flavored, gritty paste after 5 – 10 minutes of start-stop processing without any extras.
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Reviews
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i just made this in the blender and i'm a little sad because i should have toasted the sesame seeds more in order to get the richness and aroma but i was afraid of burning it. i made this to make zhi ma tang yuan. i think if i didn't make that personal error, this would have been perfect. also i did not have peanut oil but i put in a sesame oil blend that also contained peanut oil. i am very grateful that you posted this because it's the only one on zaar.
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Currently in China until mid-July -- so thank you for trying all my recipes while I'm gone, and I hope to come back with new ingredients all over the place!