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Sesame oil

Sesamum indicum

Sesame oil is a vegetable oil extracted from sesame seeds, with a nutty aroma. Cooks use it for deep-frying, sautéing, stir-frying, marinades, and seasoning.

Category
Fats & oils
Made from
Sesame seed
Part used
Seed
Family
Pedaliaceae
Cooked most in
Asia
Top country
Indonesia
Sesame oil, whole

Photo: Dr. Satish Upalkar · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use sesame oil

Typical ways to cook or use it

  • Deep fry
  • Marinade
  • Saute
  • Season
  • Stir fry

Cooking with it

Frying with toasted sesame oil can give it a burnt, bitter taste. Use light sesame oil for deep-frying. Add toasted sesame oil near the end of cooking for flavor.

Goes well with

Flavour

Taste and texture

Aroma

  • Nutty

Nutrition

What 100 g of sesame oil holds

Per 100 g. Averages from USDA; real values vary by variety, season and growing conditions.

Protein 0%Fat 100%Carbohydrate 0%of the macronutrients by weight

Nutrition per 100 g of sesame oil
Energy884 kcal · 3,699 kJ
Protein0 g
Fat100 g
of which saturated14 g
Carbohydrate0 g
of which sugars0 g
Fibre0 g
Sodium0 mg
Cholesterol0 mg

Source: USDA FoodData Central (food 171016), public domain. Minerals and vitamins are listed only where USDA measured a non-zero amount.

Around the world

Where sesame oil is cooked

3 dishes in the catalogue use sesame oil. Here is where they come from.

Dishes by continent

Countries whose dishes use it most

Counts are catalogued dishes from each country that list sesame oil among their ingredients.

On the table

Dishes made with sesame oil

3 dishes in the catalogue use it.

  • Sapo tahu

    Indonesia

  • Babi kecap

    Indonesia

  • Bakmi

    Indonesia

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include sesame oil.

Family

Related forms

Made from
sesame seed (extracted)
A kind of
vegetable oil

Cooked together

Ingredients that go into the same catalogued dishes.
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Around the world

What sesame oil is called

Names in 60 languages, from Wikidata.

  • Spanish

    aceite de sésamo · aceite de ajónjoli · aceite de anjolí

  • French

    huile de sésame · huile de sesame

  • Italian

    olio di semi di sesamo · olio di sesamo

  • Portuguese

    Óleo de gergelim

  • German

    Sesamöl

  • Dutch

    sesamolie

  • Greek

    σησαμέλαιο · σουσαμέλαιο

  • Turkish

    Susam yağı

  • Russian

    кунжутное масло · сезамовое масло

  • Polish

    olej sezamowy

  • Arabic

    زيت السمسم · السيرج · الشيرج · الحل

  • Persian

    روغن کنجد

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  • Armenian

    Քունջութի ձեթ

  • azb

    کونجود یاغی

  • Azerbaijani

    Küncüt yağı

  • Basque

    sesamo-olio

  • Belarusian

    Кунжутавы алей

  • Belarusian (Taraskievica orthography)

    кунжутавы алей

  • Bulgarian

    сусамово олио

  • Burmese

    myanmar

  • Cantonese

    麻油

  • Catalan

    oli de sèsam

  • Cebuano

    lana sa lunga · lana sa sesamo · aseyte sa sesamo

  • Chinese

    芝麻油 · 蘭膏

  • Croatian

    Sezamovo ulje

  • Czech

    sezamový olej

  • Danish

    sesamolie

  • Divehi

    ތިލެޔޮ

  • Esperanto

    sezamoleo · sezama oleo · sezamsemoleo

  • Estonian

    seesamiõli

  • Finnish

    seesamiöljy

  • Hebrew

    שמן שומשום · שמן סומסום · שמן שומשומין

  • Hindi

    तिल का तेल

  • Hungarian

    szezámolaj

  • Icelandic

    sesamolía

  • Indonesian

    minyak wijen

  • Japanese

    ごま油 · ゴマ油 · 胡麻油 · ごまあぶら

  • Javanese

    Lenga wijén

  • Kannada

    ಎಳ್ಳೆಣ್ಣೆ

  • Kazakh

    Күнжіт майы

  • Korean

    참기름

  • Lithuanian

    sezamų aliejus

  • Malay

    minyak bijan

  • Malayalam

    നല്ലെണ്ണ · എള്ളെണ്ണ · sesame oil

  • Manchu

    ᠠᠶᠠᠨ ᠮᠠᠯᠠᠩᡤᡡ ᠨᡳᠮᡝᠩᡤᡳ

  • Marathi

    तीळ तेल

  • Min Nan Chinese

    moâ-iû

  • Norwegian Bokmål

    sesamolje

  • Norwegian Nynorsk

    sesamolje

  • Ossetic

    Кунжуты зети

  • Romanian

    ulei de susan

  • Serbian

    Сусамово уље

  • Simplified Chinese

    芝麻油

  • Simplified Chinese (China)

    芝麻油

  • Simplified Chinese (Singapore)

    芝麻油

  • Slovenian

    sezamovo olje

  • Somali

    saliid Macsaro

  • Swedish

    sesamolja

  • Tamil

    நல்லெண்ணெய்

  • Telugu

    నువ్వుల నూనె · నువ్వులనూనె

  • Thai

    น้ำมันงา

  • Traditional Chinese

    芝麻油

  • Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China)

    芝麻油

  • Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)

    芝麻油

  • Ukrainian

    Кунжутова олія

  • Venetian

    òjo de zorzolina · ògio de giorgiolina

  • Vietnamese

    dầu mè

Sources and credits

Data

Wikidata item: Q212317

Photos

Photo: Dr. Satish Upalkar · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons