Postpartum

Black Sesame Paste

Name: Black Sesame Paste
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 1 servings

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MINS

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SERVINGS

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Easy

LEVEL

#confinement

#blood_building

#vegetarian

#calcium

A warming calcium-and-hair paste for confinement — toasted black sesame ground and whisked into a smooth bowl; rich and easy for breakfast or a snack.

MumEat recipe

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Nutritional Highlights

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59%

DAILY RDI

Calcium

589.6mg

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34%

DAILY RDI

Iron

9.3mg

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34%

DAILY RDI

Zinc

3.8mg

+ 4 more nutrients

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Why This Recipe?

🌸 Traditional Wisdom

Black sesame paste is a traditional calcium-and-hair tonic in confinement.

🔬 Modern Science

Black sesame is a high-calcium plant source with iron and good fats; ground into a paste it's well absorbed, and milk adds more calcium.

⚠️Moderate evidence

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Instructions

3 steps

Toast black sesame and grind with rice into powder.

Cook with water or milk into a paste, stirring.

Add a little rock sugar.

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Full Nutrition Breakdown

🩸Iron

34%(9.3mg)

🌿Folate

10%(57.1µg)

🦴Calcium

59%(589.6mg)

Vitamin C

3%(2.5mg)

Protein

24%(17.3g)

Vitamin D

22%(3.3µg)

Zinc

34%(3.8mg)

* % based on pregnancy daily reference intake (RDI)

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References

[1] USDA FoodData Central. Sesame seeds.

Black sesame is among the highest plant calcium sources.

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