Ellu Sadam, quick and easy recipe made with sesame seeds flavored with spices. Ellu Sadam is prepared and served as a prasad in many temples. Its one of the traditional rice variety we make for Puratasi Saturday.
Ellu Sadam(Ellodarai) | Til Rice | Sesame Rice is a Prasad we usually prepare in home especially for Lord Vishnu. In tamil calander month Puratasi, Saturday’s are considered auspicious and Ellu sadam is offered to Lord Vishnu to get his blessings. Sesame seeds are in black and white colour. We can use any of these varieties for preparing this rice. But generally for neivedhyam, we use white til. Tempering is also not mandatory for ellu rice. But I have seen many people who do the seasoning. So I have given the tempering version here, but without tempering, we can store the ellu powder in a airtight container and we can mix with rice.
Ellu Sadam Recipe | Ellodarai Recipe | Sesame Seeds Rice Recipe
Course: Festival Recipes, Rice Varieties
Cuisine: Indian, South Indian, Tamil Brahmin, Tamil Nadu
Equipments Needed
Heavy Bottomed Pan
Prep Time: 5 minutesminutes
Cook Time: 20 minutesminutes
Total Time: 25 minutesminutes
Servings: 4people
Calories: 135kcal
Author: Sowmya Venkatachalam
Ellu Sadam, quick and easy recipe made with sesame seeds flavored with spices. Ellu Sadam is prepared and served as a prasad in many temples. Its one of the traditional rice variety we make for Puratasi Saturday.
¼CupSesame SeedsWe can use black or white Sesame seeds
1tbspUrad Dal
½tbspSplit Bengal Gram (Channa Dal / Kadalaparuppu)
1Red Chili
1tspPeppercorns
1½tspSaltAdjust As Needed
For Tempering
1tbspGhee
1tspMustard Seeds
1tbspSplit Bengal Gram (Channa Dal / Kadalaparuppu)
1tspSplit Urad Dal
2tbspPeanuts
1Red Chili
fewCurry leaves
Instructions
Heat a pan, dry fry the sesame seeds till they starts to sputter. Take the roasted sesame seeds in a mixer.
Then add the remaining grinding ingredients to the pan and dry fry them till the dals turn golden brown color
Allow the fried ingredients to cool off and take it to the mixer.
Grind it to a coarse powder along with sesame seeds in a mixer.
Spread the cooked rice in a broad bow. Add a tsp of sesame oil and mix gently and keep it aside.
Heat ghee in a pan and add mustard seeds. When the mustard seeds starts to sputter, add channa dal, urad dal, peanut and fry till they turn brown color. Then add broken red chilli, curry leaves and fry for 10 seconds.
To the cooked rice, add the ground sesame-spice powder, salt long with tempered ingredients. Give a gently mix.
Now the Ellu Sadam | Til Rice | Sesame Rice, is now ready for neivedhyam
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Nutritional Info
Nutrition Facts
Ellu Sadam Recipe | Ellodarai Recipe | Sesame Seeds Rice Recipe
Amount Per Serving (1 Cup)
Calories 135Calories from Fat 9
% Daily Value*
Fat 1g2%
Carbohydrates 35g12%
Protein 1g2%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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Instructions with Step by Step Pictures:
Heat a pan, dry fry the sesame seeds till they starts to sputter. Take the roasted sesame seeds in a mixer.
Then add the remaining grinding ingredients to the pan and dry fry them till the dals turn golden brown color.
Allow the fried ingredients to cool off and take it to mixer jar.
Grind it to a coarse powder along with sesame seeds in a mixer.
Spread the cooked rice in a broad bow. Add a tsp of sesame oil and mix gently and keep it aside.
Heat ghee in a pan and add mustard seeds. When the mustard seeds starts to sputter, add channa dal, urad dal, peanut and fry till they turn brown color. Then add broken red chilli, curry leaves and fry for 10 seconds.
To the cooked rice, add the ground sesame-spice powder, salt long with tempered ingredients. Give a gently mix.
Now the Ellu Sadam | Til Rice | Sesame Rice, is now ready for neivedhyam
Thank you for sharing this recipe. I am wondering if the sesame can be mixed with rice directly without seasoning for offering to Lord Vishnu, as you had mentioned — is it just sesame+rice or sesame+dhals+rice for nonseasoned offering. I am partly also asking this because I have been asked to avoid heavy spices in general, and I wonder if the Lord will accept the offering. Thank you in advance for ur answer.
All your recipes are really good and easy to follow…keep going..
Thank you Sathiya Priya
followed your recipe steps to make ellu sadam, it turned out well, thank You
Glad to hear that you liked the recipe. thanks.
Thank you for sharing this recipe. I am wondering if the sesame can be mixed with rice directly without seasoning for offering to Lord Vishnu, as you had mentioned — is it just sesame+rice or sesame+dhals+rice for nonseasoned offering. I am partly also asking this because I have been asked to avoid heavy spices in general, and I wonder if the Lord will accept the offering. Thank you in advance for ur answer.
Hello Sir. yes we can avoid seasoning. Also adding dals enhances the taste and flavor,so you can add dals. Surely we can offer that to Lord