Monday, June 28, 2010

Ellu Sadam / Sesame Seed Rice


Ingredients: 


To make Sesame Powder:
White Sesame Seeds - 3/4 cup
Black Sesame Seeds - 1/4 cup
Urad Dal - 1/2 cup
Red chillies - 8 to 10
Oil - 1/4 tsp

Method:
Heat oil in a non-stick pan and fry urad dal and red chillies until golden brown.  Transfer it to a plate and let it cool.
In the same pan, dry roast both the sesame seeds in a low flame until it turns light brown in color.
Let it cool completely.  Grind all the fried ingredients into a coarse powder.

To make Sesame Rice:
Cook rice and allow it to cool.  Do not over cook the rice.

For tempering:
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Urad Dal - 2 tsp
Salt - to taste
Asafetida - small pinch
Curry leaves
Sesame oil - 2 TBSP

Heat oil in pan and fry the tempering ingredients except salt.  
Add this to the rice along with salt and required amount of sesame powder and mix well.
Add more sesame oil if required.



16 comments:

  1. Sesame seed rice looks yummy! I love its flavour.

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  2. Rice looks absolutely yummy!! Something totally new to me.

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  3. So simple to prepare and nice flavorful rice.

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  4. Latha, that sounds soooooooooo delicious. I just powder toasted sesame and red chillies and mix it with rice, never thought of tempering it, I will try it out next time.

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  5. Rice looks yummy..flavorful and delicious rice.
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  6. Simple and Delicious. I love the flavor of Sesame and rice together.

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  7. Thank you, Thank you.. this one holds a special place for me in your buffets :) I love it.

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  9. i love sesame seeds to add in masala..this is a good option too !!

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  10. Beautiful recipes and great blog. Nice to be here. Best wishes.

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  11. This is so simple and looks so yummy! Im always looking for ways to use leftover rice... so def going to try this soon :)

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