Prep Time: 08 Hours

Cook Time: No cooking involved

 Servings: 4-5 Servings

Struggling to quit dairy? Concerned about your family’s calcium intake? Nuts & Seeds may be the answer to your concern. Nuts and seeds can be easily made into milk. These are high on nutritional content and a couple of servings each week should help meet your dietary requirements. Here is one such recipe of Sesame Seed milk.

Ingredients

• Sesame Seeds: 1 cup
• Water: 3 cups
• Dates: 3-6 (pitted)
• Cinnamon: 1 tsp
• Vanilla: 1 tsp (Optional)
• Rock Salt: a pinch

Method

• Soak the sesame seeds for about 8 hours or overnight. Add a pinch of salt to the water while soaking.
• Once soaking is done, drain off the water and rinse thoroughly with fresh water.
• Put the soaked seeds, dates and water in a blender and blend on high speed. Grind to get a smooth paste.
• Strain the seed paste using a nut milk bag or cheesecloth.
• Use your hands to squeeze out all the water.
• For flavour, you could add in the cinnamon or vanilla (optional).
• It can be stored in fridge and stays good for about 3 days.
   

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  Eating Guide:

• Food group: Seeds
• Nuts and seeds are natural source of good fat.
• Sesame seeds are not only fibre rich they are a good source of calcium too. Hence a must add for growing kids.

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