Sunday Dessert: Mildly Sweet Gluten-free Black Sesame Pudding with Snow fungus. 🌱😋❤️🌺

Hello everyone, hope you have a peaceful Sunday and a great week ahead! 🤗

Today I have leftover lentil dhal so I decided to make a healthy black sesame dessert with snow fungus. It can be served hot or cold. 😋👍

I really love sesame seeds especially black ones have more antioxidants than white sesame seeds and can make into sweet dessert. It’s a very popular sweet dessert in Singapore and Malaysia.😋👍

Recipe:

1. Heat in pan 60g of black sesame seeds. You will know when they are ready by the natural oil emitted and the fragrance.

2. Grind into powder and then add a bit of water to blend into paste.

3. Filter the sesame paste with water (total 500ml for the dessert).

4. Boil the liquid in medium heat pot and add 60g of rock sugar.

5. Mix in 30g glutinous rice flour. (Dissolve first with a bit of chill water).

6. Soak dried snow fungus with water and serve.

I love black sesame for all the goodness of many important trace macro-minerals as well as healthy fats and its flavor also. Snow fungus is known for its anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties. 😁👍

If you are curious about health benefits from them, you can check out these sources:

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As always, be inspired, be joyful, take a picture and Enjoy it! 😋❤️

[Kainan Guest]

Real nice Koko! The sesame pudding looks great! Would never have thought to make a pudding out of seeds. Fantastic creativity 🤩

[Hidden in reply to Kainan]

Awe thank you Kainan very much for saying that! 🤗🙏I’m surprised as your mom didn’t make this dessert. We make this to supply our bodies with great energy and nutrients. 😁👍

Had your mom made Walnut purée dessert? That will be my next one during colder day, sooo good too. 😋👍

Enjoy the rest of Sunday fun day Kainan! 😊

[Kainan Guest in reply to Hidden]

Thanks 😊 been a nice rest day for me. My mom might’ve made that I can’t remember. But I’m sure she didn’t make that walnut purée thing 😂

[Hidden in reply to Kainan]

Hmm perfect now you can ask her to make you some next time you visit her to pick up. 😁👍

[Kainan Guest in reply to Hidden]

Good thinking 👍

[Hidden in reply to Kainan]

Done ✅ 😋👍

Hmmm I just had a thought 💭 to make peanut milk 🤔, will see 😁

[Kainan Guest in reply to Hidden]

You haven’t lost it. Good to have you back 👍

[Hidden in reply to Kainan]

Thank you Kainan. Have a good night! 😴💤

[Byron2020]

Hi KoKo, as we say over here waste not want not . Looks really nice to what you have served up but I will settle for the Snow Fungus as I'm a sweet tooth 😋 x

[Hidden in reply to Byron2020]

Hi Byron2020,

Thank you very much for saying that and I love what you say over there, very wise. 😊🙏

Black sesame seeds make a smoky, very fragrant dessert too.

Hope you can find some dried snow fungus in many Asian/health store over there. 😁👍

Have a good night rest and full of health! 😊

[Kitten-whiskers Administrator]

This looks fantastic Koko, very creative 😊 and extremely delicous

[Hidden in reply to Kitten-whiskers]

Thank you Debs very much for saying that 🤗🙏This dessert is one of my mom’s favorites and she told me before very good for girls’ health when she made it. 😁 I do love the smoky, fragrant very unique taste of the dessert, some might find strong but you grow with the taste and full of nutrients.

Hope you enjoy your wonderful meals always and have a good night rest and wake up fresh to start a great new week! 😊

[Kitten-whiskers Administrator in reply to Hidden]

Even better if its good for your health, It does look very good, I must say.

Your posts are so interesting Koko 🙃 your very creative.

Yes, I am ready for another week, hope you have a relaxing evening

😊

[Hidden in reply to Kitten-whiskers]

Absolutely Debs, love these sesame seeds can make into treat 😋

Awe thank you Debs! 🤗🙏 I do enjoy cooking and making deserts very much. It’s so easy to eat too 😁

Ready, set, go, a great start of the week! 😁👍

People start setting up at my local pumpkin pad, I stopped by this early morning. 😊

🎃😁

[Kitten-whiskers Administrator in reply to Hidden]

Wow! That looks good, I must say those pumpkins are a very nice size and look very healthy 😊

[Hidden in reply to Kitten-whiskers]

These pumpkins are giant and I think they can last for the rest of all pumpkin dishes till the end of this year. 😁 It’s still early in the morning, gate was still closed, they might bring out more smaller ones later on. 😊👍

[Kitten-whiskers Administrator in reply to Hidden]

They do look of such great quality from your picture 😊 That's a lot of cooking to be done - can't wait to see the results

[Hidden in reply to Kitten-whiskers]

Oh Debs I didn’t purchase the giant one, I was sight seeing around my neighborhood to get some early morning fresh air. I think I would never be able to finish that size of pumpkin and we don’t like wasting produce. 🤗

[Kitten-whiskers Administrator in reply to Hidden]

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[ZazenRiver345]

I wasnt aware of seed pudding 😅. This is something I have to look into for a healthy dessert. Thanks for sharing and have a good night🙏🤗. Love the message at the bottom of your pudding😊

[Hidden in reply to ZazenRiver345]

Awe thank you Zazen for saying that! 🤗🙏

It’s absolutely a beautiful dessert to intake a good amount of black sesame seeds and snow fungus contrast so good. I think you will like this. 😁

Enjoy the rest of your Sunday fun day! 😊

[Hidden]

Awe thank you Happyman4, you are so kind and always am happy to hear you like my dish! 🤗🙏

If you like snow fungus, there are many ways to prepare it with such as: seaweed, dried lotus seeds, dried jujube, dried fruits like longan, raisins, goji berries, fresh water chestnuts,…. all can add together making fruits medley snow fungus dessert with melted rock sugars. There’s always next time and I’m sure you will create some great dessert out of snow fungus. 😋👍

Hope your early market trip is a success and I always enjoy reading and learning from your food creation posts! 😊

[Hidden]

Snow fungus has no flavor, it’s crunchy in texture similar to wood ear fungus but with no taste at all. You have to add things along. I understand supermarkets can get so busy and quite overwhelmed at this moment.

That sounds a lot of fun to a spice shop. I love how they like introducing you many new things if you show interests in asking questions. Hope you find many nice spices for your favorite Indian and other dishes. 😁👍