"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are"
"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are"
The Chinese used sesame seeds 5000 years ago to prepare ink blocks while the Ancient Egyptians ground the seeds to use as flour.
India produces a wide variety of sesame seeds that vary in color from white to red to black, and oil content ranging from 40% to 50%.
The white and black sesame seeds are for consumption, the brown sesame seeds are for oil extraction. White Indian sesame seeds have a nutty taste and are used for making sweets, baked foods and confectionery. Black Indian sesame seeds are used for seasoning. And the hulled seeds are used for snacks.
80% of Indian sesame seed production happens during khariff season (June- July; September - October). The rest of the crop is cultivated in the rabi season (December to March).
India’s largest Sesame producing regions are: Gujarat, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Rajasthan.