Sesamefresh
By: Veggi Fare
Published: Thursday, January 21, 2010 - 3:25pm

Ingredients




1/4 cup - sesame seeds, hulled ( see below)
1/2 cup - fennel seeds (saunf)
1 cup - water
1/4 teaspoon - clove powder
1/4 teaspoon -  cardamom powder
3/4 teaspoon -liquorice root powder (mulethi powder)
2 thsp - castor sugar (adjust according to your taste)
1/2 teaspoon - rock candy white sugar crystals (misri)
2 tablespoons - rose petal spread (gulkand) 
a pinch of peppermint extract

Preparation

1 How to hull the sesame seeds 2 Soak sesame seeds in 1 cup of water for 2 hours. Drain the water and spread the wet seeds on a muslin cloth and let it dry for 2-3 hours. 3 Rub the seeds with your hands a number of time and remove the skin/husk of the sesame seeds through a sieve. Continue this process a number of time. (Dont worry if the seeds are not hulled fully, try and remove as much as you can) 4 Let the seeds dry overnight. 5 Place the dried and hulled sesame seeds in a thick pan and cook on a medium heat for about a minute (taking care that the seeds dosen't burn) Keep aside. 6 Similarly cook fennel seeds for a minute and keep aside. 7 In a bowl mix together, the cooked sesame seeds, fennel seeds, clove powder, cardamom powder, sugar, misri and the peppermint extract. Cover the bowl for a couple of minutes. 8 Divide the prepared mixture into two, add the rose petal spread to one half and enjoy:)

About


This is not exactly a "food" recipe, but more of an after-food mouth freshener - and of course, without any artificial flavors, sweeteners or colours.
I made two versions of the SesameFresh, and both turned out very well - the only downside being the arguments with my hubby as to who ate more and finished off the stuff in record time.
The one very tedious and time consuming part of the recipe was the hulling of the whole sesame seeds - but its also pretty easy to buy  already hulled sesame in the supermarket.