Ellu Sadam is a spicy rice dish made with Sesame spice powder. This is quick and easy rice to make as you can store the spice powder as well.
I already have an Ellu Sadam made with toor dal before, so this time I wanted to make the spice powder with Urad dal. Since I have some more of the mixed rice varieties listed, I wanted to check if I could make all of them together.
So this was part of the cooking marathon I had for a Saturday lunch along with a couple of more dishes. I had to make sure the spices were roasted and powdered separately so that it could be added as per requirement. I really love this part of the Mega Marathon, when I can enjoy calculating and scaling up or down depending on the need.
We had such a fantastic meal with all three dishes prepared and I would surely be making these dishes again!
Ellu Sadam is my choice for EC in the AtoZ Quick Under 30 Minutes, which is my theme in the Biryanis, Pulaos, Khichdi, and Mixed Rice, where I am doing Quick Under 30 Minutes Meals. If you want to read some elaborate Biryanis, check out what I have for E in Spice your Life!
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C for Cholia Chawal
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Ellu Sadam | How to make Sesame Rice
Ingredients Needed:
For the spice powder
1/4 cup Sesame Seeds
6 to 7 nos Dry Red Chillies
2 tbsp Urad dal
For the Rice:
1 cup Rice
1/4 tsp Mustard seeds
1/4 tsp Urad Dal
1/ 4 tsp Chana Dal
2 nos Dry Red Chillies
A Pinch Asafoetida / Hing
Few Curry leaves
Handful Cashew Nuts
Handful Peanuts
Salt to Taste
2 tsp Cooking Oil
1 tsp Ghee
For the Spice Powder
Dry roast the ingredients listed for the spice powder, allow to cool down, and grind to a powder.
For the Rice
Wash and soak the rice. Cook in your regular method. When you are ready to make the Rice, make sure you spread the rice for it to cool down.
Heat a Kadai with oil, temper with mustard, urad dal, chana dal, peanuts, cashew nuts, curry leaves, and Red chilies. Add hing and combine everything well.
Let it cook for 4 to 5 mins on low.
Add the cooked rice and mix well.
Now add the spice powder and gently toss for the spice powder to be mixed well.
Serve with appalam.
Ellu Sadam | How to make Sesame Rice
Ingredients
For the spice powder
- 1/4 cup Sesame Seeds
- 6 to 7 nos Dry Red Chillies
- 2 tbsp Urad dal
For the Rice:
- 1 cup Rice
- 1/4 tsp Mustard Seeds
- 1/4 tsp Urad dal
- 1/ 4 tsp Chana Dal
- 2 nos Dry Red Chillies
- A Pinch Asafoetida / Hing
- Few Curry Leaves
- Handful Cashew Nuts
- Handful Peanuts
- Salt to taste
- 2 tsp Cooking Oil
- 1 tsp Ghee
Instructions
For the Spice Powder
- Dry roast the ingredients listed for the spice powder, allow to cool down and grind to a powder.
For the Rice
- Wash and soak the rice. Cook in your regular method. When you are ready to make the Rice, make sure you spread the rice for it to cool down.
- Heat a kadai with oil, temper with mustard, urad dal, chana dal, peanuts, cashew nuts, curry leaves, and Red Chilies. Add hing and combine everything well.
- Let it cook for 4 to 5 mins on low.
- Add the cooked rice and mix well.
- Now add the spice powder and gently toss for the spice powder to be mixed well.
- Serve with appalam.
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Vaishali Sabnani says
Valli , I admire you for the hard work you put in these marathons, love the way you do your bulk cooking ! Lol and now that I have seen you I feel you are a master at it . The rice with the spice powders is a great idea and worth learning .
Sushma Pinjala says
I love sesame flavors in any dish. Sesame rice looks soo good.
Suma Gandlur says
As I had earlier done one A - Z rice marathon, I had to think hard to come up with dishes. If we have this sesame seed powder ready, this one makes a very quick and easy meal.
Swati says
a new and very interesting recipe for me.. the masala with sesame powder and reed chillies looks so tempting..love to try this sadam recipe with spicy masala .
Kalyani says
super planning must have got you to make so many dishes at the same time, Valli ! this ellu sadam is one of my fav for any festival...
Gayathri Kumar says
I knew that one of your choice for e would be ellu saadam. This is the type of powder I make at home using urad dal. Will check your other version too. This is one classic variety rice.
Sharmila Kingsly says
Anything and everything with sesame is my fav. I usally mix ellu podi and have this with rice.. This islovely will try next time..
harini says
Hahaha! Three rice dishes for a single meal? My folks will be so happy if I served them this platter. I also keep another version of sesame seed powder handy for mixing this kind of rice and makes for an easy lunch box item.
Srividhya Gopalakrishnan says
We make this during adiperukku but I haven't posted it on my blog yet. I use a mix of both black and white sesame seeds. I love this version of yours with white sesame. The powder really comes in handy on those busy days.
Sowmya says
Love this spice powder. Can use it with rice or veggies. Such a flavorful and simple rice. Lovely pick for E
Pavani says
Love this quick, easy and flavourful rice! I have bookmarked this to try later. Thank you for sharing
Renu says
A good way to add some fiber and protein to your regular diet. I have never tried making a spice powder with sessame seeds and adding it to the rice. Interesting Recipe.