Sesame Sauce

Serves:

Ingredients:

3 oz Toasted white sesame seeds
1/4 c Japanese soy sauce
1/4 c Sesame or vegetable oil
1 tb Vinegar
2 tb Water
1 Garlic clove, crushed
1 1/2 ts Togarashi (see note)
1 tb Chopped white onion

Method:

If you decide to make only one sauce, this is generally the most popular says Julie Kataoka.
From the "Japanese Country Cookbook, by Russ Rudsinski.
Grind sesame seeds using a mortar and pestle or a small blender.
Combine with soy sauce, oil, vinegar and water.
Place garlic, togarashi and onion on a separate plate for diners to add as they wish.
Place sauce in small individual dishes for each diner.
Note: Togarashi is a Japanese seasoning made of crushed red pepper and other condiments, blended into a powder.
Red or black pepper may be substituted.
PER SERVING: 170 calories, 4 g protein, 3 g carbohydrate, 17 g fat (2 g saturated), 0 mg cholesterol, 692 mg sodium, 7 g fiber.
Karola Saekel writing in the San Francisco Chronicle, 7/14/93.