

Ellu sadam or til rice as you might is prepared in the Tamil month of Puratasi as an offering for LORD MAHAVISHNU. Also for LORD SHANEESHWARA, it is offerered as a Neivedhyam on Saturdays.It can also be made for a filling lunch box too.Til or sesame seeds are available in black and white colours.You can use either of these.We can make the ellu podi and store in too .Just roasting the ingredients is the work here, this is one simplest and ready to make rice mixes.


Prep Time | 15 minutes |
Cook Time | 5 minutes |
Servings |
cup
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Ingredients
- 1/2 cup rice Cooked
- 3 tsp Sesame Seeds
- 1 tsp urad dal
- 1 tsp Channa dal (optional)
- 1 tsp Mustard seeds
- 3 Chillies Red
- 1 pinch asafoetida
- to taste salt
- 1 tsp sesame oil
- 1 sprig curry leaves
Ingredients
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Instructions
- Gently roast sesame seeds.
- Now roast the urad dal and red chillies.
- Add it in a blender.
- Blend well.
- In a pan add oil,mustard seeds and curry leaves.
- Add the temperings and powder to the cooked rice.
- Mix well.
- Yummy aromatic sesame rice or ellu sadam is ready for offering.As i said tastes great when packed for lunch too.
Recipe Notes
Notes
You can add while tempering peanuts or cashew nuts for added taste.
You can powder this ans store in a container and when making add rice and temperings and mix.
Always use sesame oil for tempering this.