Black sesame sweet soup is a favorite dish of many people, has high nutritional value, especially good for pregnant women.

1: PREPARE INGREDIENTS TO COOK BLACK SESAME DESSERT

1.1. Raw materials

– Black sesame: 100g

– Arrowroot powder: 50g

– Sugar: 150g

– Fresh coconut water: 200ml

– Filtered water: 600ml

– 1 small ginger root

– Shredded coconut: 100g

The most important ingredients to make black sesame tea are black sesame and tapioca starch.

1.2. Secret to choosing delicious black sesame

Whether the black sesame dessert is delicious and authentic or not depends entirely on the main ingredient, sesame, that you choose.

– Vietnamese black sesame will have a lighter color, mixed with red and yellow seeds. Meanwhile, foreign sesame has a thick shell, black seeds. When rolling the shell by hand, foreign sesame will be easier to roll, because the outer shell is large and hard.

– Vietnamese sesame, after the outer shell is crushed like bran, will leave a small, light black core.

You should choose good quality Vietnamese black sesame seeds, firm, shiny black seeds, with a light aroma to cook delicious black sesame sweet soup.

– To make black sesame sweet soup, use Vietnamese black sesame. You should choose new sesame seeds that are shiny black, have a light aroma, and have firm seeds. Avoid buying poor quality black sesame seeds.

– A little tip to check if sesame is new or old is that old sesame often has a musty smell, is dry, and when dropped into water, it will float.

2: HOW TO COOK SMOOTH, NUTRITIOUS BLACK SESAME DESSERT

Step 1: Process black sesame

– After buying black sesame, soak it in water to remove the shell, broken seeds, and remove all sand and impurities in the sesame, to avoid the crackling phenomenon caused by sand or sand when cooking the sweet soup.

– Wash the sesame seeds, drain, dry, then put them in a pan and stir-fry over low heat so that the black sesame seeds cook evenly and do not burn. The sesame seeds are cooked when you hear a popping sound when roasting.

– Pour 200ml of prepared fresh coconut water into the blender with black sesame seeds and blend until the black sesame seeds are smooth.

Blend black sesame with fresh coconut water until smooth.

Step 2: Prepare other ingredients

– Peel, wash and crush fresh ginger.

– Dissolve 50g of tapioca starch in 600ml of filtered water. The black sesame dessert with tapioca starch will be smoother, tastier and richer.

Step 3: Cook black sesame sweet soup

After cooking the tapioca starch, add the black sesame.

– Place the pot on the stove, add the previously dissolved tapioca starch and water mixture and cook over low heat. Be careful to stir constantly with chopsticks so that the tapioca starch does not clump, until it feels heavy, the starch is cooked and turns clear.

– Now add the pureed black sesame coconut water mixture into the pot. Add fresh ginger to make the dessert more aromatic.

– Continue stirring quickly and evenly for about 1-2 minutes to blend the mixture to create an attractive, smooth black color.

– Add sugar to your desired sweetness. You can also add water if you like the dessert thin. Boil for a few more minutes over low heat and stir constantly and you have completed the delicious black sesame dessert.

Remember to stir constantly so that the black sesame pudding does not clump.

PART 3: REQUIREMENTS FOR THE FINISHED PRODUCT AND HOW TO ENJOY BLACK SESAME TEA

You should enjoy hot black sesame tea with the attractive aroma of black sesame, fresh ginger, smooth and creamy powder.

– Cooking black sesame sweet soup is not difficult and quick, but you need to make sure that the finished dish is smooth, not lumpy or clumpy, has an attractive aroma from black sesame, the light taste of coconut water and the richness of tapioca starch.

– You can enjoy black sesame tea in 2 ways, hot and cold.

+ Eat hot:  Scoop the sweet soup into a cup or bowl, sprinkle some shredded coconut on top and enjoy the black sesame sweet soup while it's still hot to feel the delicious flavor. Eating hot is quite suitable for winter.

+ Eat cold:  Black sesame sweet soup itself is very cool and purifies the body, if you want a dish to cool down in the summer, eat cold black sesame sweet soup. Let the sweet soup cool, then scoop it into a bowl, add shredded coconut, store in the refrigerator for a few hours or eat with shaved ice.

Wish you success with the simple black sesame sweet soup recipe above.