Hulled sesame seeds is the name given to the sesame seeds whose outer cover or hull is removed during the manufacturing or processing stage. These tiny seeds can be used in countless dishes: their nutty taste enhances hamburger buns, popcorn, sushi rolls, crackers, bread, cookies, granola and so much more. Hulled sesame seeds are considered as the most nutritious seeds because of its proteins and valuable minerals.
Softer in texture and milder in flavor, hulled sesame seeds work well in recipes where they mix in well with other ingredients. They lend a little crunch to baked items and to make tahini, the sesame seed paste that is the foundation of hummus. Hulled seeds can also be toasted to intensify their flavor: The hulled toasted sesame seeds are excellent in salad dressing, ice cream or ground into sesame butter, another fantastic sesame paste.
Manufacturing Process of Hulled Sesame Seeds:
Wilmington Foods employs the latest dry-hulling technology from Maseto to process and peel-off the outer shell of sesame seeds. Dry-hulling uses less water & chemicals allowing us to retain the purity of seeds and save the overall water consumption by 95%. Food safety is further enhanced as most of the potential pathogens are due to the water contaminants. Prior to hulling process, these sesame seeds are thoroughly cleaned.
Hulled sesame seeds are relatively softer and delicious as compared to natural sesame seeds. We employ the advanced machinery from Buhler for cleaning, hulling, drying, color-sorting, etc. The sesame seeds are processed in absolute germ – free & hygienic conditions.
Uses & applications of Hulled Sesame Seeds:
Hulled sesame seeds are considered as powerhouse for energy comprising of healthy fats, protein, minerals, and vitamins. Daily consumption of small amounts of hulled sesame seeds can have remarkable impact on body and its functioning.
Below are some easy tips and tricks to use hulled sesame seeds in our daily diets:
1. Direct consumption
A good source of fibre, hulled sesame seeds can be consume directly. Daily dosage of two spoons of hulled or roasted sesame seeds is a good and easiest way to incorporate in daily diet.
2. Garnishing Salads
Try adding it in different salads. Hulled sesame seeds are perfect additions to salads for their nutty and crunchy flavour. Cucumber salads with lots of greens and carrots can be topped with roasted hulled sesame seeds.
3. Topping on Breads
Hulled sesame seeds are amply used as a topping on various bread likes buns, sour dough breads, muffins. Apart from nutrition it also imparts aesthetic property to the breads.
4. Enhances flavor of Smoothies
Hulled sesame seeds adds a dash of zingy flavor to various smoothies. Try blending some sesame seeds to your smoothie ingredients like different veggies, apple, banana, almond milk, water, spinach, kiwi, pineapple, lemon, mint etc. to get a tastier drink.
5. Sesame oil
Hulled sesame seeds are rich in oil content. These seeds are widely used for extracting the sesame oil. Sesame oil is recommended for nutrition absorption in our body. Consuming one table spoon daily morning on empty stomach help lubricating the body and enhancing nutrition absorption in the body effectively.
6. Making Tahini
Hulled roasted sesame seeds is a key ingredient for Mediterranean delicacy – Tahini. It imparts intense flavor & smooth texture to the tahini paste with a mild nutty flavor. The tahini made from hulled sesame seeds are well-blanaced and taste less bitter.
7. Dressings & Sauces
Hulled sesame seeds are a perfect addition of to homemade sauces and dressings. Such dressing can be used for tossing up veggies and served as vegetable palate.
8. Vegan Meals
Hulled Sesame seeds are rich in plant-based nutrition, and they’re a perfect addition to any vegan diet. There are many ways to incorporate these nutty seeds into your vegan diet. You can add them to salads, stir-fries, soups, or grain dishes. Also, sesame seeds are an ideal ingredient to make vegan falafel, homemade pesto or hummus.
9. Healthy breakfast food
Incorporating hulled sesame seeds into daily breakfast is the best way to reap the nutritional benefits of hulled sesame seeds. These wonder seeds are a good source of fiber and can be sprinkled on your oatmeal, yogurt, or cereal with lots of fruits. Protein content is thus maintained at the start of the day.
10. Sweets & Confections
Hulled sesame seeds are widely used in making a famous middle eastern sweets and confections including Tahini & Halawa. In India many sweet are made with help of hulled sesame seeds like Chikki or energy balls (energy bar with Jaggery and sesame). Many people use Tahini with olive oil as dressing for different types of salads.
11. Perfect addition to Snacks & Noodles
Hulled Sesame seeds are an integral part of Japanese Sushi, Granola, Sesame Noodles, cookies and brownies, rolls, vegetable patty, sesame spread and many more.There are many other ways to use hulled sesame seeds in daily diet like handful of seeds on cooked veggies or pinch of it on breads and buns is healthier way to intake these seeds.
Hulled sesame seeds are used in many preparations as a tahini paste to season sauces, salads, dishes and desserts, on breads, cookies and sweets. These wonder seeds may look tiny and small but have good impact on hair, skin, bones, teeth, liver, stomach and many other organs.
To purchase hulled white sesame seeds of the highest quality in bulk amounts, you can contact Wilmington Foods, the popular manufacturer & worldwide sesame exporter from UAE origin.
