ajonjoli

“Solo se necesitan chiles secos desvenados y remojados de un día para otro, se muelen con ajonjoli tostado y se frie todo en manteca.”

manchamanteles

“The islands yield much cinnamon; and although there is no olive oil but that brought from Nueva España, much oil is made from ajonjoli [_Sesamum orientale_] and flaxseed which is commonly used in that country, so that the olive oil is not missed.”

The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 06 of 55 1583-1588 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century

“When leaving the bath, they anoint the head with ajonjoli [_i. e._, oil of sesame] mixed with civet -- of which, as we shall later show, there is great abundance in those regions.”

The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 12 of 55 1601-1604 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century