Ellu Milagai Podi for Idli & Dosa | Sesame Seeds Idli Podi
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Ellu Milagai Podi is an excellent accompaniment to Idli / Dosa. It's an enhanced version of our conventional Milagai podi (Chutney powder).Ellu (Sesame Seeds) enhances the taste and flavor of the Milagai Podi. Ellu has lot of health benefits as well. Let's learn how to make Ellu Milagai Podi (Sesame Seed Milagai Powder) with step by step pictures @ Subbu's Kitchen
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Ellu Milagai podi is a perfect complement for South Indian Breakfast dishes like Idli / Dosa / Uthappam. Ellu (Sesame Seeds) when roasted has a nice aroma and enriches the flavor of the Milagiai Podi. For Plain milagai podi, we use bengal gram dal, urad dal and red chillies, here in this dish ,we are going to skip bengal gram dal and use sesame seeds instead.
Sometimes, while making conventional Idli Podi, I add sesame seeds. Adding sesame seeds will give a nice aroma and flavor to the idli podi. In this Sesame Seeds Idli Podi, sesame seeds are the main ingredient. Sesame seeds will dominate the flavor of dal and other spices.
Serve this delicious Ellu Milagai Podi with Idli & Dosa.
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Recipe Card for Ellu Milagai Podi for Idli & Dosa | Sesame Seeds Idli Podi
Ellu Milagai Podi | Sesame Seed Lentil Powder for Idli Dosa and Rice
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 25 minutes
Servings: 400 grams
Calories: 16kcal
Ellu Milagai Podi is an excellent accompaniment to Idli / Dosa. It's an enhanced version of our conventional Milagai podi (Chutney powder).Ellu (Sesame Seeds) enhances the taste and flavor of the Milagai Podi. Ellu has lot of health benefits as well. Let's learn how to make Ellu Milagai Podi (Sesame Seed Milagai Powder) with step by step pictures @ Subbu's Kitchen
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Ingredients
- ¾ cup Sesame Seeds (Ellu) white sesame seeds preferably
- ¾ cup Urad Dal 1 cup = 250 ml
- 25 nos Red Chili adjust to your spice level
- ½ tsp Mustard seeds
- ¼ tsp Asafoetida (Asafetida / Hing)
- 1½ tsp Oil
- Salt to your taste
Instructions
- Dry fry the sesame seeds in a pan till it starts to sputter. Take this and keep it aside
- Heat the oil in a pan, and add mustard seeds and allow it to sputter. Add Urad Dal along with hing and fry it till the dal turns golden brown. Take this roasted Urad dal aside
- In the same pan, add 1/2 teaspoon of oil and fry the red chillies for a minute and then allow all the fried ingredients to cool off completely
- First grind the dry roasted sesame seeds to a smooth powder. Just give a pulse or two. If you keep grinding sesame seeds continuously then the ground powder would become sticky because the sesame seeds oil will start to ooze out. So better give a pulse or two and then check if the powder is smooth, if not give few more pulses in intervals. Take this ground sesame seeds powder aside
- Then take the roasted urad dal and grind it to a coarse powder. Take this coarsely ground Urad dal and mix with sesame seeds powder
- Finally take the red chillies in a mixer and grind it to smooth powder
- Mix Red chili powder with urad dal powder & sesame seeds powder. Store in air-tight container to have a longer shelf life.
- The tasty Sesame Seeds Gun Powder(Ellu Milagaipodi) is ready to serve with hot idlis or dosas
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Notes
- Use of Crystal salt (Kallu Uppu) is more preferable and healthier than fine salt
- Generally we use black Sesame seeds mostly for some rituals otherwise we use white sesame seeds. But if you don't have any custom and are okay with black sesame seeds
- Do not grind the sesame seeds for a long time. If we grind it for long time, the oil in the sesame seeds gets released and it will make the podi soggy or pulp
- The color of the Milagai Podi depends on the color of the sesame seeds we use.
- We can dry roast curry leaves and grind it with red chilies.
- If we like, we can add 2-3 cloves of garlic and roast with curry leaves
- Also we can reduce 1-2 red chili and add 1 teaspoon of peppercorns
- My grand mother used to add pinch of tamarind also. She will fry the tamarind to make it soft and grind it along with red chilies. The tamarind gives a slight tanginess to the milagai podi.
Nutritional Info
Nutrition Facts
Ellu Milagai Podi | Sesame Seed Lentil Powder for Idli Dosa and Rice
Amount Per Serving (1 tbsp)
Calories 16
Calories from Fat 2
% Daily Value*
Fat 0.2g0%
Sodium 148mg6%
Potassium 34mg1%
Carbohydrates 2.8g1%
Fiber 0.6g3%
Sugar 0.4g0%
Protein 1g2%
Vitamin A 50IU1%
Iron 0.2mg1%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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Method for making Ellu Milagai Podi for Idli & Dosa | Sesame Seeds Idli Podi:
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- Dry fry the sesame seeds in a pan till it starts to sputter. Take this and keep it aside
- Heat the oil in a pan, and add mustard seeds and allow it to sputter. Add Urad Dal along with hing and fry it till the dal turns golden brown. Take this roasted Urad dal aside
- In the same pan, add 1/2 teaspoon of oil and fry the red chillies for a minute and then allow all the fried ingredients to cool off completely
- First grind the dry roasted sesame seeds to a smooth powder. Just give a pulse or two. If you keep grinding sesame seeds continuously then the ground powder would become sticky because the sesame seeds oil will start to ooze out. So better give a pulse or two and then check if the powder is smooth, if not give few more pulses in intervals. Take this ground sesame seeds powder aside
- Then take the roasted urad dal and grind it to a coarse powder. Take this coarsely ground Urad dal and mix with sesame seeds powder
- Finally take the red chillies in a mixer and grind it to smooth powder
- Mix Red chili powder with urad dal powder & sesame seeds powder. Store in air-tight container to have a longer shelf life.
- The tasty Sesame Seeds Gun Powder(Ellu Milagaipodi) is ready to serve with hot idlis or dosas
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Thank you for your good and healthy recipes Mami.
Mami, have you used white ellu or black ellu ?. Thanks
Hi, i have used black seasame seeds.
Mami, how many days can we keep this ellu podi? Can we give this for kids too ?
How many days can we use it ? Can we give ellu podi for kids too
Like normal Idli milagai podi, ellu podi also has same shelf life. If we use dry spoon and keep it in fridge, the shelf life is longer. Sesame seeds is good for blood circulation. You can give it to kids also.
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Mam, why can't we grind all the ingredients together instead of grinding each one separately & then combining?
Thank you!
Hi mam.. my ellu podi became soggy as I grinded much.. pls give tips how to resolve this
First thing is that fried ellu should be cooled down fully if there is heat in it and if we grind for more time the oil inside sesame seeds ooze out