Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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  1                cup  sesame seeds
  3        tablespoons  soy sauce
  2        tablespoons  sugar
     1/4           cup  dashi
  2             pounds  asparagus tips

Preparation:

grind sesame seeds to a paste combine with soy sauce and sugar-mix well thin with dashi or water, set aside simmer the asparagus in boiling salted water, until tender-crisp drain, rinse in cold water, and drain well combine asparagus and sesame mixture-toss to mix well arrange onto a serving platter serve at room temperature

Nutritional Information:

72 Calories (kcal); 5g Total Fat; (51% calories from fat); 3g Protein; 7g Carbohydrate; 0mg Cholesterol; 195mg Sodium