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Ellodharai (Ellu Sadam)/ Black Sesame Seed Rice

This ellodharai aka ellu podi sadam is a simple, comforting, and flavorful South Indian rice dish with fragrant sesame spice powder and rice.
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Ingredients

  • 1 cup Rice
  • 1 tsp Salt

To Roast and Grind

  • ¼ cup Sesame seeds
  • 2 tbsp Urad dhal
  • 7 or 8 Black peppercorns
  • 3 or 4 Dried red chillies 
  • 1 tbsp plus 1 tsp Sesame oil

Seasoning (optional)

  • 1 tsp Sesame oil
  • 1 Dried red chilli
  • ½ tsp Mustard seeds 
  • ½ tsp Split urad dhal
  • ⅛ tsp Asafoetida
  • 1 sprig Curry leaves
  • ½ tsp Sesame seeds optional

Instructions

  • Cook rice and allow it to cool on a big plate by spreading. Also add 1 tbsp of sesame oil, to prevent the grains from sticking.
  • In a pan, heat sesame oil. Add red chillies, black pepper, and urad dhal. Fry till it turns light brown and then add the seasme seeds. Make sure you have a medium flame since the seeds splutter. Once the sesame seeds are roasted (the nutty aroma will tell you that it is roasted), switch off the flame and cool it. After it is cool, add salt and grind to a coarse powder. 
  • Heat oil and add the mustard seeds. When it splutters add split urad dhal asafoetida, and curry leaves, fry until golden and add it to the rice.
  • Add the whole powder to the rice and mix it thoroughly. 
  • Serve as such but a fried appalam or vadam (pappadums), or chips.