Sesame seeds rice (Ellu sadam)
Sesame rice is a simple rice variety made with spiced sesame powder.
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© Swasthi's Recipes
Ingredients (1 cup = 240ml )
For powder
- 1 tbsp urad dal
- 1 tbsp chana dal
- 3 red chilies (use as needed)
- 1 sprig curry leaves (optional)
- 1 to 2 garlic cloves (optional)
- 3 tbsps sesame seeds
- ½ tsp cumin (jeera)
- 2 tbsps dry coconut / copra (optional)
Other ingredients
- 1 tbsp oil
- 1 sprig curry leaves
- ¼ tsp mustard
- ½ red chili broken
- 1 pinch hing / asafoetida
- salt as needed
- 1 ½ cups cooked rice
How to make the recipe
- Cook rice grainy and not mushy. Cool it completely.
- Heat a pan on a medium flame. Add urad dal, chana dal and red chlies.
- Roast these till lightly golden.
- Add garlic, curry leaves, sesame seeds, cumin and coconut.
- Roast just until the seeds begin to splutter. Turn off the stove.
- Cool these and make a powder.
How to make sesame rice
- Add oil to a pan. Heat it. Add mustard, urad dal and red chili.
- When the dal turns golden, add curry leaves and hing.
- Turn off the heat. Add 1 tbsp of sesame powder and salt.
- Mix well.
- Add cooled and cooked rice.
- Mix well. If needed you can add more oil and spice powder.
- Serve sesame rice with sliced veggies and curd.
- Store the remaining sesame powder in a jar and use when needed.
NUTRITION (estimation only)
Calories: 627kcal | Carbohydrates: 101g | Protein: 20g | Fat: 17g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Sodium: 36mg | Potassium: 780mg | Fiber: 13g | Sugar: 8g | Vitamin A: 1285IU | Vitamin C: 234mg | Calcium: 277mg | Iron: 8.3mg