Sesame Oil

Toasted sesame oil is a dark, aromatic oil made from roasted sesame seeds and commonly used in small amounts for flavoring in East Asian cuisines. It has a rich nutty taste and is typically used as a finishing oil rather than a high-volume cooking oil.

Beneficial properties

source of unsaturated fats rich flavor in small amounts contains sesame lignans contains vitamin E

Nutritional highlights

It primarily provides fat, especially unsaturated fatty acids, along with small amounts of vitamin E and sesame-derived antioxidant compounds such as sesamol and sesamin.