Great Goma: Popular Japanese Dishes Made with Sesame

Goma-dōfu. (Courtesy the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries)

Goma-shio (left) is widely commercially available and enhances rice dishes like sekihan, a celebratory dish made of glutinous rice with adzuki. (© PhotoAC)

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Goma senbei range from lightly seasoned crackers (at left; © PhotoAC) to dark-colored versions rich in sesame flavor (© Pixta).

Popular varieties of nanbu senbei include peanut and black sesame. (© PhotoAC)

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Skewered rice dumplings slathered in goma an (foreground) and other toppings. (© Photo AC)