Black Sesame Jing Balls Recipe

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Jing is one of the Three Treasures recognised by Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). It describes our life essence, our genetic, ancestral memory, a blueprint of our wholeness. Jing is stored in our kidneys. Building our kidney jing means that we enhance the seat of our power and wellness.

Black sesame seeds tonify jing and help build blood, which can be useful for those of us who wish not to eat red meat. They are also a rich source of calcium.

Ingredients

• 1.5 cups black sesame seeds
• ½ cup goji berries
• 1 small piece of fresh ginger
• ½ cup local honey, creamed
• 1 tsp+ grated orange peel
• 1 tsp ground cardamom
• ¼ tsp ground cinnamon
• 1 pinch of salt
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 tbsp cacao powder
• 1 cup dried rose petals (or 1/3 cup rose petal powder)

Optional ingredients

• A pinch of Shilajit
• 1 tbsp He Shou Wu (Fo-Ti) extract powder

For dusting

• ½ cup almond flour, matcha, or rose petal powder

Directions

  1. Toast the black sesame seeds until they become fragrant and begin to pop. Set aside to cool in a bowl.

  2. Once cooled, place in a food processor with salt, cardamom powder, dried rose petals or powder, cinnamon, vanilla and cacao. Pulse together into a uniform powder.

  3. Add orange zest, goji and ginger. Process everything together until clumps form.

  4. Pour honey into the food processor with the blended sesame seed paste. If your food processor is not powerful enough, mix by hand.

  5. Process until the mixture forms one solid mass, as if you were making dough.

  6. Taste and add more spices as needed.

  7. Form the dough into 3/4" balls.

  8. Roll the balls in almond flour, rose powder or matcha.  

  9. Refrigerate for at least 4 hours to set.

  10. Store in a covered container. Will keep for a couple weeks, if they last!

Andrea Lomanto