Ellu Sadam or Sesame Rice
Ellu Sadam or Sesame Rice

Hello everybody, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, ellu sadam or sesame rice. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

A traditional dish presented to Thirupathi Balaji during the month of Poratasi prepared by Mrs. Yogambal Sundar Chef Yogambal Sundar's social media links. This sesame rice recipe is known as ellu sadam in tamil language where Ellu means sesame seeds and Sadam means rice.

Ellu Sadam or Sesame Rice is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. Ellu Sadam or Sesame Rice is something which I have loved my whole life. They are nice and they look fantastic.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have ellu sadam or sesame rice using 11 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Ellu Sadam or Sesame Rice:
  1. Get 1 Cup boiled rice
  2. Make ready 4 tbsp sesame seeds
  3. Prepare 2 1/2 tbsp split urad daal
  4. Take 2 1/2 tbsp chana daal
  5. Prepare 5 Dry Red Chillies
  6. Take 1 tbsp Mustard seeds
  7. Make ready 2 tbsp peanut/Sesame Oil
  8. Prepare 12-15 Curry leaves
  9. Prepare 1 tbsp salt
  10. Make ready 1 pinch hing powder
  11. Take 1 pinch hing powder

We can use any of these varieties for preparing this rice. But generally for neivedhyam, we use white til. Tempering is also not mandatory for ellu rice. Learn how to make south Indian ellu sadam, sesame rice.

Instructions to make Ellu Sadam or Sesame Rice:
  1. Dry roast Sesame seeds,Chillies,4-5 Curry leaves,2tbsp of Urad and Chana daal.Once they start to change colour and start giving nice aroma Switch off the flame and transfer onto a plate.Let it cool down for some time and then blend into a semi fine powder.
  2. To prepare tadka heat a heavy bottomed pan and add oil to it.Add mustard seeds.Once they start to crackle add 1/2tbsp of chana daal and 1/2tbsp of urad daal.Add curry leaves and a pinch of hing.Saute till daal become golden brown.
  3. Add boiled rice and the prepared sesame powder to it.Add salt.Give it a nice mix.Switch off the flame.Serve hot.

Easy and flavorful, can make quickly and healthy too. I had included ellu sadam in my aadi perukku lunch. Ellu sadam is a very simple rice recipe which we generally during the Saturdays of the tamil month Puratasi. If you feel the sesame seeds are bit dirt, wash this nicely and drain the water and dry in a cloth. Sesame seeds rice is a delicious, wholesome and easy to make dish from south Indian cuisine.

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