This is alist of notable sesame seed dishes and foods, which are prepared usingsesame seed as a main ingredient. Sesame seed is a common ingredient in various cuisines, and is used whole in cooking for its rich, nutty flavor. It is also a potentallergen.

• Παστέλι (Pasteli = sesame seed crunchy candy) In Greece and Cyprus, sesame seed candy is called pasteli and is generally a flat, oblong bar made with honey and often including nuts. Though the modern name παστέλιpasteli is of Italian origin,^[1] very similar foods are documented inAncient Greek cuisine: the Cretankoptoplakous (κοπτοπλακοῦς) orgastris (γάστρις) was a layer of ground nuts sandwiched between two layers of sesame crushed with honey.^[2]Herodotus also mentions "sweet cakes of sesame and honey", but with no detail.^[3]
• Barazek - aLevantine cookie primarily made from sesame and often other nuts like pistachio^[4]
• Benne ball – a Trinidadian and Tobagonian sesame-based dessert invented by Afro-Trinidadians. It is ball-shaped, and has a very hard consistency.^[5]
• Benne wafer – a wafer-like cookie made primarily from sesame seed and sesame flour. Very popular in Charleston, South Carolina. The sesame seed, also called "benne," is thought have been brought to colonial American by West African slaves.
• Binangkal – a doughnut from the islands ofVisayas andMindanao in thePhilippines, made fromdeep-fried dense dough balls coated with sesame seeds.^[6][7][8] It is usually eaten withhot chocolate orcoffee.^[9]
• Black sesame roll – arefrigerateddim sum dessert found inHong Kong and some overseasChinatowns. It is sweet and the texture is smooth and soft.
• Black sesame soup – a popular east-Asian and Chinese dessert widely available throughout China, Hong Kong and Singapore.^[10]
• Chikki – a traditionalIndian sweet sometimes prepared using sesame seeds
• Furikake – a dryJapaneseseasoning^[11] meant to be sprinkled on top of cooked rice, vegetables, and fish. It typically consists of a mixture of dried and ground fish, sesame seeds, choppedseaweed, sugar, salt, andmonosodium glutamate.^[12][13]
• Funchi criollo – a soup made from sesame paste,broth, with dumplings made fromtaro,yams, green and sweet plantains. The dish is important toAfro-Puerto Rican culture and is related tomofongo.
• Gajak – a dessert originating atBhind andMorena ofMadhya Pradesh, India where it is most commonly consumed in the winter months. It is a dry sweet made of sesame seeds, ground nuts and jaggery.
• Goma-ae – a Japanese side dish made with vegetables and sesame dressing (goma meaning sesame and ae meaning sauce in Japanese).
• Gomashio – a drycondiment made from unhulled sesame seeds.
• Heugimja-juk – black sesame porridge, ajuk (porridge) made from finely groundblack sesame andrice.^[14][15] The bittersweet, nutty porridge is good for recovering patients, as black sesame seeds are rich in digestive enzymes that help with healthy liver and kidney functions.^[15]
• Horchata de ajonjolí – a drink fromPuerto Rico made using toasted sesame seeds and spices.
• Injeolmi – a variety oftteok, orKoreanrice cake, sometimes prepared using sesame seeds.
• Jian dui – a friedChinese pastry made fromglutinous rice flour, coated with sesame seeds on the outside; it is crisp and chewy.
• Ka'ak – can refer to a bread commonly consumed throughout theNear East that is made in a large ring shape and covered with sesame seeds.
• Tahini – a condiment made from toastedgroundhulled sesame seeds. Tahini is served as adip on its own or as a major component ofhummus,baba ghanoush, andhalva.
• Tilkut – a sweet made in the Indian states ofBihar andJharkhand, it is made of pounded 'tila' or sesame seeds (Sesamum indicum) and jaggery or sugar.
• Sesame halva – sweet confections popular in the Balkans, Poland, the Middle East, and other areas surrounding the Mediterranean Sea.
• Sesame-seed cake – a cake made of sesame seeds, often combined with honey as a sweetener.
  • Changzhou sesame cake – a type of elliptical, baked cake that originated inChangzhou, Jiangsu, China supposedly over 150 years ago.
  • Huangqiao sesame cake – a sesame-seed cake^[16] that originated from Huangqiao town inTaixing,Jiangsu.^[17] It has been speculated to be one of the oldest cakes in theTaizhou region of China.^[18]
• Sesame-seed candy – aconfection of sesame seeds and sugar or honey pressed into a bar or ball, it is popular from theMiddle East throughSouth Asia toEast Asia.
  • Changzhou sesame candy – a traditional cookie in places such asChangzhou, China.
  • Gofio de ajonjolí – a typical Puerto Rican sweet made from roasted corn, sesame seeds, and brown sugar.
  • Mampostial – a Puerto Rican candy bar known as "black coconut" (in English) made using coconut, brown sugar, honey, vanilla, cinnamon,molasses, and sesame seeds.
  • Marrallo – a sweetempanada made from the same ingredients as mampostial, it is a popular street food snack.
  • Pilones de ajonjolí – a pilones is a lollipop that made using sesame seeds, honey, and fruit juice or coconut milk typically sold in Puerto Rican convenient stores.
  • Tilgul – a colourful sesame-seed candy coated with sesame seeds, inMaharashtra, India people exchange tilgul onSankranti, aHindu festival celebrated on 14 January.
  • Sesame chicken - a Chinese dish.

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