I love sesame seeds and this sesame rice is a delicious yet different South Indian rice recipe. Whenever a recipe calls for 1 tsp of it, I dunk in 1 tbsp. The same goes for coriander powder but that’s a totally different topic that should be discussed in a different context. For now, let’s stick to sesame seeds rice.
I am a huge sucker for different kinds of mixed rice recipes. I am very South Indian like that I guess. But this is one recipe I had never heard of until I was gifted Chandra Padmanabhan’s ‘Southern Spice’.
It’s a fabulous book on South Indian cooking and I am still wondering why it took me this long to finally get to it.
Ellu Sadam great to pack for a trip and tastes best at room temperature with some raita. Now, how many South Indian Variety Rice recipes can you say this for?
If you love easy rice recipes, then you must check out this easy egg biryani recipe, my favourite soya biryani, and this fabulous paneer peas pulao recipe.
Ellu Sadam / Sesame Rice Recipe
Source: Southern Spice by Chandra Padmanabhan
Ingredients:
1 cup cooked rice
Salt to taste
Salt to taste
For the Spice Powder:
1/2 cup white sesame seeds / til / ellu
2 tbsp grated coconut
4 dry red chillies
1 tsp oil
For Tempering:
2 tbsp gingelly oil / nallennai
1 tsp mustard seeds
3 tbsp shelled peanuts
1/2 tsp cumin seeds / jeera
2 dry red chillies, halved
1 tsp urad dal / ulutham paruppu
1 tsp channa dal / kadala paruppu
A few curry leaves
Instructions:
1. Dry roast the sesame seeds and grated coconut separately in a pan until nicely browned. Add oil for spice powder and lightly fry the red chillies, taking care not to burn them. Cool, grind to a fine powder and set aside.
2. Heat oil for tempering and add the roasted peanuts. When almost fried and brown, add the rest of the ingredients. When the mustard seeds pop and the dals turn golden, remove from heat.
3. Stir in the rice and the spice powder. Serve at room temperature with raita.
Rice looks flavorful and definitely perfect for lunchboxes!
I have left over rice so I will try this. Thanks for the recipe.
– Cosmic Cook
The recipe looks good…
Need a help from u Nags.. Can u gimme more details on the Oven that u have.. U mentioned in an older post that u bought it from Ktym.. can u give more specific details as to what kind of shop it will be available in or the name of the product.. Not just the brand name but something like what it is referred to …
Thanks a lot.
-Mitra
me too love sesame seeds AND coriander powder! 🙂 I don't cook much with sesame seeds though, even though I have a full bottle sitting in my pantry. Good looking rice and love those papads!
Few days back i prepared my version of sesame rice, urs looks fantastic..
That is a beautiful and dleicous bowl of rice.
Hey Nags,
I love the flavour of Sesame..have never this rice.. bookmarked 🙂
Hi Nags, I have never had ellu sadam! Have to try it, looks great and simple enough:-) Love the pictures. None of the cookery books you mention seem to be available in stores here, I have tried to get some of them. Could you please have a link to all the cook books separately or provide them in your store?-Shreya
You tried a different angle with your pics this time, didn't you. It is only getting better Nags. And sesame, I am a bigger one at that, lover of sesame I mean 🙂
EVen I love sesame seeds……rice looks perfect..mine is slightly different version…and I want to give a try ur recipe soon