Sesame sauce

Name: Sesame sauce
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Burkina Faso
Ingredients: 120 g food-grade hulled sesame seeds; 300 g tomatoes; 150 g peeled onion; 15 g vegetable oil; 700 ml drinking water; 10 g food-grade soumbala, crumbled; Up to 3 g salt, depending on the soumbala

Hulled sesame, lightly toasted and ground, simmered with tomato, onion and soumbala to accompany tô or rice.

Ingredients

120 g food-grade hulled sesame seeds
300 g tomatoes
150 g peeled onion
15 g vegetable oil
700 ml drinking water
10 g food-grade soumbala, crumbled
Up to 3 g salt, depending on the soumbala

Preparation

Toast the 120 g sesame in a dry pan over moderate heat for about 3 minutes, stirring. Stop before burning. Allow to become safe to handle, then grind finely. Mix the ground sesame with 200 ml taken from the 700 ml water.

Slice the 150 g onion and chop the 300 g tomatoes. Soften onion in the 15 g oil for 5 minutes. Add tomatoes and cook for 10 minutes, stirring.

Add the remaining 500 ml water, 10 g soumbala and sesame mixture. Bring to a gentle simmer and cook over low heat for about 20 minutes, stirring regularly across the bottom.

Check that the sauce is even and sufficiently cooked. Adjust with a little hot water if needed or gently reduce while stirring. Taste before salting, keeping within the stated 3 g. Divide into four sauce portions. Prepare tô or rice separately.