Ellu sadam , sesame seeds rice – No onion no garlic ellu sadam recipe with step-by-step pictures.
Ellu sadam is a very simple rice recipe that we generally do during the Saturdays of the Tamil month Puratasi. Today being Puratasi Saturday, I wanted to share the recipe of ellu sadam today.
We can use white or black sesame seeds for making this recipe. You can pack this for a lunch box too on a normal day. Apart from making this for Purasani Saturday neivedyam, you can make this for Navaratri Saturday too.
Also check out, kadugu sadam , kopparai sadam , kothamalli sadam recipe .
 
- METHOD: Roast the sesame seeds till golden brown. Keep this aside.

- Roast the urad dal and red chili till the dal becomes a nice golden brown. Do this on a low flame.

- When it is cool, grind it into a fine powder along with the roasted sesame seeds and asafoetida.

- Mix this into the cooled-down cooked rice.
- Add 2 tsp of sesame oil to this.

- . Add sesame oil and a few curry leaves and mix well.

- Ellu sadam is ready for neivedyam now.

Note:
- Always ensure that the rice should be cooked properly and not mashed.
- You can roast 1 tbsp of peanuts in little oil and add it to the rice.
- If you feel the sesame seeds are bit dirt, wash this nicely and drain the water, and dry them in a cloth. when it is dry, roast this and follow the procedure above.
- You can make Ellu sadam with black sesame seeds.

Ellu sadam recipe
Ingredients
- 1 cup cooked rice 1/4 cup raw rice
- 2 tbsp sesame seeds
- 2 tbsp urad dal
- 3-4 red chili add as per your spice levels
- A pinch asafoetida
- Salt as needed
- Curry leaves few
- 2 tsp sesame oil
Instructions
- Roast the sesame seeds till golden brown.
- Keep this aside. Roast the urad dal and red chilli till the dal becomes nice golden brown. Do this in a low flame.
- When it is cool, grind it into a fine powder along with the roasted sesame seeds and asafoetida.
- Mix this into the cooled down cooked rice.
- Add a tsp of sesame oil and few curry leaves and mix well.
- Ellu sadam is ready for neivedyam now.
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Notes
- Always ensure that the rice should be cooked properly and not mashed.
- • You can roast 1 tbsp of peanuts in little oil and add to the rice. • If you feel the sesame seeds are bit dirt, wash this nicely and drain the water, and dry them in a cloth. when it is dry, roast this and follow the procedure above. • You can make Ellu sadam with black sesame seeds.