Black Sesame Paste / Soup

 Source: https://www.chinasichuanfood.com/black-sesame-pastesoup/

Ingredients: 

• 150 g black sesame seeds
• 70 g glutinous rice or glutinous rice flour
• sugar , to taste
• 4 to 5 cups of water , you can adjust the water amount accordingly

Instructions: 

• In a small pan, stir fry black sesame seeds over slow fire until fragrant. Keep stirring the seeds. Remove from heat and cool down.

Direct version

• Soak sticky rice overnight. Place black sesame seeds, sticky rice and water into a blender. Blend until really smooth.
• Boil the mixture and add sugar to taste. 

Instant version

• In a small pan, stir fry the glutinous rice flour over slow fire until slightly brown. Keep stirring the flour. Remove from heat and cool down.
• Pour the black sesame seeds to a grinder and grind into powder. Mix with glutinous rice flour. If you plan to make a larger amount at one time, keep the mixture in an air-tight container.
• To serve: pour around 6 times boiling hot water of the powder mixture, add sugar and cover with lid for around 2 to 3 minutes. Mix well and serve hot! Surely you can adjust the amount of water according to personal preference.