sesame-dressed dish
A Japanese dish where ingredients are tossed in a sesame-based dressing, often made with ground sesame seeds, soy sauce, and sugar.
Spinach with sesame dressing is an easy side dish to make.
I served green beans in sesame dressing for dinner tonight.
お浸し is a dish of blanched greens in a light soy-based broth, not coated in a thick sesame dressing like 胡麻和え.
Standard kanji spelling using 胡麻 for sesame and 和え for dressing.
Mixed kana-kanji spelling; common in everyday writing.
Compound of 胡麻 (ごま, 'sesame') and 和え (あえ, 'dressing' or 'tossing'), from the verb 和える (あえる, 'to dress').