Here's another simple vegetable side dish - Broccoli with black Sesame - that's packed with nutricious uber-goodness and top scoring in the flavour chart too. What's more, it's ready for the table in a matter of minutes.
I ground my own toasted sesame but you can make this even more quickly by using ready ground sesame instead, if you prefer. I used the whole broccoli head in this recipe including the stalk, which I cut into small chunks. If you don't want to use the stalk, don't through it away - just put it aside and use it in a vegetable soup - why throw away good food, however humble?
I shan't go into the health benefits of broccoli as its status a super-food is well known - but did you know that sesame is a great food to eat to boost your immune system? Sesame is packed full of zinc, selenium, copper and iron as well as B6 and E vitamins.
Ready to try this out? Go to the Youtube tutorial Broccoli with black Sesame or scroll to the bottom of the page to view. You can find the written recipe just below.
Happy healthy cooking! Kurumi XXXX.
If you would like a healthy soup to accompany this dish, why not check out my Japanese Sweetcorn soup recipe?
Broccoli with black Sesame
ingredients:
(makes 2 servings)
250g broccoli
3 tbsp toasted black sesame seeds
1.5 tbsp sugar
1 tsp soy sauce
1 tsp miso
1 tsp mirin
how to:
remove the florets & stem cut the stem into bite sized chunks
and halve any large florets
to make the sweet sesame, grind the sesame seeds really finely
then mix the sesame, sugar, soy sauce, mirin, miso well in a bowl
cook the broccoli in boiling water for 3 mins & drain
add the sweet sesame mixture to the broccoli and mix well
your recipe is ready