roasted sesame seeds
Sesame seeds that have been dry-roasted to bring out flavor; a common ingredient in Japanese cooking.
I sprinkle roasted sesame seeds over the spinach dressed with soy sauce.
When you grind roasted sesame seeds in a mortar, the aroma comes out.
胡麻 refers to sesame seeds in general (raw or processed), while 煎り胡麻 specifically means roasted sesame seeds.
すり胡麻 is ground sesame seeds, often made from roasted sesame seeds, but the grinding is the key difference.
Standard kanji spelling using 煎る (to roast).
Variant using 炒る (to stir-fry/roast); also common.
Abbreviated spelling omitting okurigana; less common.
Compound of 煎り (iri, 'roasting', from verb 煎る iru) + 胡麻 (goma, 'sesame').