Ellu sadam/Sesame rice is a very
simple rice recipe which we generally during the Saturdays of the Tamil month
Puratasi. (Between sep 15 & oct 15)
For this kaanum
pongal I am posting this, Ellu sadam recipe / sesame rice recipe. In South Indian
temples,this Ellu Sadam is given as prasadham. This ellu sadam is preapared on
Aadi perukku Day also.
.
INGREDIENTS
Good quality raw rice - 1 cup
Gingelly oil - 1 tsp
Water - 2 ½ cups
INGREDIENTS FOR GRINDING
Sesame seeds - 3 tbsps
Urad dal - 2 tsps
Red chillies -2 nos
Groundnuts - 1 tbsp
Salt - to taste
FOR
SEASONONG
Gingelly
oil - 2 tbsps
Mustard
seeds - 1 tsp
Urad dal - 1 tsp
Channa dal - 1 tsp
Broken red
chillies - 2 nos
Curry leaves
- 1 sprig
FOR
GARNISHING
White sesame
seeds - 2 tsps
Curry leaves -
1 sprig
( dry
roast the white sesame seeds till light golden colour with curry leaves.)
METHOD
Wash
the rice and pressure cook by adding 2 ½ cups of water and with 1 tsp of gingelly
oil.
Spread the
cooked rice in a plate and allow it to cool completely.
(Separate
the cooked rice grains with the help of the fork.)
Heat a
pan, dry fry the sesame seeds till they starts to sputter.Keep aside.
Then add the remaining grinding ingredients to
the pan and dry fry them till the dals turn golden colour
Allow the
fried ingredients to cool and then grind it to a coarse powder in a mixer with required salt.
Heat
Oil in a pan and add mustard seeds. When the mustard seeds starts to sputter,
add channa dal, urid dal and fry till they turn to golden colour.Then add
broken red chilli,and curry leaves.
Add the ground sesame seed powder to the above mixture and fry for a second in lower flame.
Add cooked and cooled rice and mix well gently.
Garnish
it with dry roasted sesame seeds .
Ellu
Sadam / Til Rice /Sesame Rice, with nice aroma of Ellu /Sesame is now ready for neivedhyam.
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