Black Sesame Ice Cream: “Mystery” Of Healthy Japanese Cold Dessert
Creamy, sweet, savoury with a nutty delight, Black Sesame Ice Cream has got it all! With the goodness and WOW-Factor of ice cream, black sesame seeds in this flavour are highly nutritious. Here’s why this dessert can become your guilty pleasure without making you feel guilty.
1. Black sesame seeds are a rich source of macro-minerals like Calcium and Magnesium. Health enthusiasts know the importance of these two minerals for the body’s well-being. They help maintain the blood pressure in the body.
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2. Black sesame seeds are also rich in trace minerals such as iron and copper. Trace minerals are required by the body in trace amounts. It helps in strengthening the immune system, maintaining a healthy metabolism and cell functioning.
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3. Sourced from the pods of the Sesamum Indicum plant, black sesame seeds grow commonly in Eastern and South-Eastern Asia. As a result, these regions also have several black sesame seed-based desserts and other food products.
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4. As more than 60% of a black sesame seed is oil, ice cream sourced from natural black sesame seeds is quite healthy. Black Sesame oil is a rich source of monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats.
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5. Credited by many as a Japanese creation, this cream is made by mixing Vanilla Ice Cream and Black Sesame Paste (Neri Goma), which is abundantly sold in Japanese grocery stores. It is this paste that gives the ice cream its nutty taste and a black/dark grey colour.
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6. It is known as the Kurogoma Ice Cream in Japanese locales. It is relished by many on a hot, sunny afternoon after a heavy lunch.
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7. The Black Sesame Paste is what breathes life into the ice cream. Though seeds alone can make tasty ice cream, ice cream thus made will lack the intensity and the savoury taste that it is supposed to have.
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8. Veteran ice cream makers realise the importance of good black sesame paste. While paste of poor quality will make the ice cream bland, a tart paste will make the ice cream too bitter, which will make it really hard to swallow.
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9. Black Sesame paste is a special ingredient in this cream, indeed. It changes the dynamics of a dessert totally, giving it the look of ordinary-looking desserts a peculiar dark grey colour. The savoury, nutty taste feels pleasing on your tastebuds.
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Although known to be healthy, this flavour is not what everyone expects from ice cream. Perhaps, that’s why it is not readily available at any Ice Cream Shop in India. But there might be “find-able” recipes online to try making one at home! Kurogoma Ice Cream is like the dark chocolate of the ice cream world.
We hope now that the mysterious Black Sesame Ice Cream is not so “mysterious” anymore!
Blog Edited By Ritika Gupta
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