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Goma-dare sauce

Name: Goma-dare sauce (Japanese sesame sauce)
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: japanese
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons sesame paste (like tahini); 0.5 tablespoon sugar; 1 tablespoon soy sauce; 0.5 tablespoon rice vinegar; 3 tablespoons dashi

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Goma-dare is a Japanese sesame sauce that is creamy, savory, and full of flavor. Delicious as a dip with vegetables, noodles, and really just about anything!

10 minutes

4 persons

Sauces

Nutrition balance score

Great

9.1/10

Glycemic Index

Glycemic Load

45.33 (Low)

1.59 (Low)

Nutrition per serving

Kcal

57.36 kcal

Carbohydrates
Of which sugars

3.51 g
2.89 g

Total fat
Of which saturated fats

3.87 g
0.56 g

Proteins

2.22 g

Fiber

0.94 g

Sodium

451.44 mg

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Goma-dare sauce is made with few ingredients and is a delicious mix of nutty, salty, savory, and umami flavors. It's a fantastic sauce that you can use in many ways: as a dip, with noodles, various vegetables, and even as a salad dressing.

If your sesame paste is very hard, it’s harder to mix with the other ingredients. The sesame paste mixes more smoothly if you warm the dashi (or water) first.

Recipe goma-dare sauce

Ingredients

4 persons

2 tablespoons sesame paste
(like tahini)
0.5 tablespoon sugar
1 tablespoon soy sauce
0.5 tablespoon rice vinegar
3 tablespoons dashi

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Recipe goma-dare sauce allergens

This recipe contains the following allergens. Click on the allergen to search for alternative recipes.

Sesame seeds

Soy

Gluten

Made by Véronique

Published at 2025-09-09, this recipe is for 4 persons and takes 10 minutes.

Founder of Ohmydish (since 2014), she prefers to spend all day in the kitchen. Once working in the hospitality industry as an independent chef, she loves helping you gain confidence in the kitchen. With her easy-to-follow recipes, handy tips, and cooking knowledge, you'll make the most delicious dishes yourself! The recipes are accessible to everyone, from beginners to advanced home cooks.

Updated at: 2025-10-07

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Preparation time

10 minutes

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Total time

10 minutes

Making Goma-dare sauce - 10 minutes

Mix the sesame paste with sugar and stir well with a small whisk until the sugar dissolves.

Gradually add dashi, rice vinegar, and soy sauce while continuing to mix until you have a smooth sauce.

If you add the liquid too quickly, the sesame paste may clump together, which is not what you want.

If the sauce is too thick, you can add a little extra dashi or water.

Use the sesame sauce as a dip with spring rolls or cabbage rolls, serve with noodles, or thin it out to use as a dressing.

You can now keep this sesame sauce in the fridge for up to a week. Enjoy!

Tips!

Is goma-dare sauce vegetarian?

No, but you can easily make goma-dare sauce vegetarian (and even vegan) by replacing the dashi with water. Dashi is made from dried bonito flakes, similar to tuna.

Which sesame paste for goma-dare?

For traditional goma-dare, Japanese sesame paste, or nerigoma, is used. But you can also replace this with tahini. The main difference between nerigoma and tahini is in the preparation method. Nerigoma is made from roasted sesame seeds, while tahini is made from unroasted (or very lightly roasted) sesame seeds.

There are tahini versions made with roasted sesame seeds; this version will therefore taste closer to nerigoma.

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Nutritional values

Per 1 serving / piece:

Pay attention! These indicated nutritional values are based on standard tables and are therefore an estimated total. No rights can be derived from the data in the nutritional value table.

General

Kcal

57.36 kcal

Carbohydrates
Of which sugars

3.51 g
2.89 g

Total fat
Of which saturated fats

3.87 g
0.56 g

Proteins

2.22 g

Fiber

0.94 g

Sodium

451.44 mg

Show vitamines & minerals

Minerals

Iron

1.13 mg

Calcium

71.10 mg

Magnesium

26.53 mg

Potassium

26.53 mg

Phosphorus

45.55 mg

Copper

0.11 mg

Zinc

0.38 mg

Iodine

0.00 µg

Selenium

0.00 µg

Vitamins

Vitamine C

0.00 mg

Vitamine D

0.00 mg

Vitamine A

0.00 mg

Vitamine B1

0.02 mg

Vitamine B2

0.01 mg

Vitamine B6

0.01 mg

Vitamine B12

0.00 µg

Folic acid

5.65 µg

Vitamine E

0.00 mg

Vitamine K

0.00 µg

Vitamine K1

0.00 µg

Handy! Scroll this table horizontally to see all nutritional values per ingredient

Amount		Ingredient	Allergens	Kcal	Carbs	Carbs of which sugars	Fat	Fat of which saturated	Protein	Fibers	Sodium	Iron	Calcium	Magnesium	Potassium	Phosphorus	Copper	Zinc	Iodine	Selenium	Vitamin C	Vitamin D	Vitamin A	Vitamin B1	Vitamin B2	Vitamin B6	Vitamin B12	Vitamin B11	Vitamin E	Vitamin K	Vitamin K1
0.5	tablespoon	sesame paste	sesame seeds	42.60	0.49 g	-	3.86 g	0.56 g	1.61 g	0.94 g	26.25 mg	0.86 mg	67.50 mg	26.25 mg	37.50 mg	42.00 mg	0.11 mg	0.38 mg	-	-	-	-	-	0.02 mg	0.01 mg	0.01 mg	-	5.25 µg	-	-	-
0.13	tablespoon	sugar		7.54	1.86 g	1.86 g	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.04 mg	0.08 mg	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
0.25	tablespoon	soy sauce	soy, gluten	6.40	1.00 g	1.00 g	0.01 g	-	0.58 g	-	275.00 mg	0.25 mg	3.00 mg	-	25.00 mg	2.50 mg	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.40 µg	-	-	-
0.13	tablespoon	rice vinegar		0.38	0.08 g	0.04 g	-	-	-	-	0.19 mg	-	0.08 mg	0.02 mg	0.38 mg	0.15 mg	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
0.75	tablespoon	dashi		0.45	0.09 g	-	-	-	0.03 g	-	150.00 mg	0.02 mg	0.53 mg	0.22 mg	2.63 mg	0.90 mg	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
				57.36	3.51 g	2.89 g	3.87 g	0.56 g	2.22 g	0.94 g	451.44 mg	1.13 mg	71.10 mg	26.53 mg	65.58 mg	45.55 mg	0.11 mg	0.38 mg	-	-	-	-	-	0.02 mg	0.01 mg	0.01 mg	-	5.65 µg	-	-	-