Black Sesame Banana Smoothie 🥤🇰🇷

Description

A creamy black sesame banana smoothie with tahini depth, gentle sweetness, and a silky texture that feels like dessert but drinks like breakfast.
Hook ✨
Nutty, glossy, and ultra smooth, this is the easiest way to get that Korean black sesame vibe at home.

Ingredients

• 🍌 2 ripe bananas, frozen in slices, about 240 g (2 cups / 8.5 oz)
• 🥛 300 ml cold milk of choice (1¼ cups / 10 fl oz)
• 🥣 150 g Greek yogurt (⅔ cup / 5.3 oz)
• ⚫ 30 g black sesame paste or black sesame powder (3 tbsp / 1.1 oz)
• 🌰 15 g tahini (1 tbsp / 0.5 oz)
• 🍯 20 ml honey or maple syrup (4 tsp / 0.7 fl oz)
• 🧂 1 g fine sea salt (¼ tsp / 0.04 oz)
• 🧊 120 g ice cubes (1 cup / 4.2 oz)
• 🌱 6 g sesame seeds for topping, optional (2 tsp / 0.21 oz)

Preparation

1. 1️⃣ Chill everything
2. Make sure the bananas are frozen and the milk is cold, this is what makes it thick and creamy. ❄️
3. 2️⃣ Blend smooth
4. Add milk, yogurt, black sesame paste, tahini, honey, salt, frozen banana, and ice to a high speed blender. Blend 45–60 seconds until completely silky. 🥤
5. 3️⃣ Adjust thickness
6. For thicker, add 60 g (½ cup / 2.1 oz) extra ice and blend 15 seconds. For thinner, add 30–60 ml (2–4 tbsp / 1–2 fl oz) milk and blend 10 seconds. ⚖️
7. 4️⃣ Serve
8. Pour into a chilled glass and sprinkle sesame seeds on top if you want the crunch. ✨

Total Time

⏱️ Prep: 5 min
🔥 Cook/Bake: 0 min
🛋️ Rest: 0 min
⏰ Total: 5 min

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