Japanese Sesame Dressing

Do you like Japanese sesame dressing? I love it. I fell in love with it at a Japanese restaurant and subsequently I discovered the awesome Kewpie sesame dressing.

I first made this dressing here and I remember being wowed by it. It is super flavorful and best of all it can be easily made at home.

The ingredients? Carrot, onion, garlic, sesame seeds, rice vinegar, soya sauce and sugar.

You don't really have to worry how much carrots or onions are required. If using a big carrot and big yellow onion, just use half of each.

Just know that the carrots and onions are there for the flavor and thickness of the dressing. If your carrot happens to be sweet, you may not need to add sugar.

What gives the dressing the robust aroma is of course the toasted sesame seeds. 

Chuck all the ingredients into the blender and whizz away.

Because this is homemade and does not contain stabilizers and emulsifiers, the dressing will separate and solidify in the fridge. So before using, take it out from the fridge and let stand to room temperature for about an hour.

Or if you are in a hurry, warm it in the microwave for 20 seconds or more (in pulses). Once it liquefies, give it a good stir or shake.

Make this once and from here you will have an idea of how much of the ingredients to add in your next dressing. Say, you find it too salty, reduce the amount of soya sauce. Too tart, reduce the vinegar. Too diluted? Add more carrots and onions.

I made a salad with smoked duck breast and dressed the salad with this awesome dressing. Sprinkle with extra toasted sesame seeds. Mmmmmm.....

On another day, I had it with hard boiled eggs.

Best salad I have had in a while 😋

Japanese Sesame Dressing

Recipe source : Adapted from Jessie Cooking Moments as tried here

Ingredients :

- 30g toasted sesame seeds (about 3 tablespoons)

- 1 medium sized carrot, diced

- 1 medium sized yellow onion, diced

- 1 big clove garlic

- 250ml grapeseed oil (or any neutral tasting vegetable oil)

- 125ml brown rice vinegar

- 125ml light soya sauce

- sugar to taste (I omitted)

Method :

1. Put all the ingredients into a blender and blend until fine and emulsified.

2. Store in a bottle and keep refrigerated.

Note : This recipe makes enough dressing for 6 servings.