Sesame Seeds is Ellu in Tamil. There are two types of Sesame seeds one in black and other in white. Ellu sadam is a very simple rice recipe which is generally cooked during the Saturdays of the tamil month Puratasi. It is a speciality neivedhayam for lord balaji (venkatajalapathy) along with paruppu payasam and ulundu vadai.<br /><br />For Ellu Podi (For Sesame seed powder)<br />Black Sesame seeds- 4 tbsp<br />Urad dal- 1 tbsp<br />Dried red chillies- 2 to 3<br />Whole Hing/ Asafoetida- a pinch<br />Oil- 1 drop to fry hing<br />Salt- to taste<br /><br />For Rice<br />Sesame seed oil- 1 tbsp<br />Ghee- 1 tsp<br />Garlic- 4 to 6, sliced/whole/ crushed (as required)<br />Mustard seeds- ½ tsp<br />Urad dal- ½ tsp<br />Dried red chillies- 1 no, roughly chopped<br />Curry leaves- few<br />Ellu podi/ Sesame seed powder- 1 ½ to 2 tbsp<br />Cooked rice- 1 bowl<br />Salt- to taste<br />Coriander leaves- for garnish<br /><br />Tips while you Cook:<br />One can make this recipe with white sesame seeds as well. Some recipes call for a combination of both. In that case, toast each separately and use to prepare powder.<br /><br />If one doesn't want to toss rice with too many ingredients, just combine ghee, steamed rice and the prepared powder and mix well. Have with appalam and curds.<br /><br />Here is the recipe to Coriande rice https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6Cu5gcmLJs<br /><br />Try this very interesting baked corn curry rice https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIv01zAhpPs<br /><br />Learn to make lemon rasam by preeth here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6UqT5iCvJM<br /><br />Learn how to make lemon rice here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTekwsDyUO4<br /><br />Subscribe for more recipes https://www.youtube.com/indiafoodnetwork<br />Like us on facebook https://www.facebook.com/indiafoodnetwork
