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Ellu Saadam or Ellogarai is a Temple Style Prasadam or offering made in South Indian Homes and/ or Temples. It is a Gluten Free, Vegan Spiced Rice made with sesame seeds.

Ellu Saadam | Ellogarai | Temple Style Sesame flavoured Rice

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Ellu Saadam or Ellogarai is a Temple Style Prasadam or offering made in South Indian Homes and/ or Temples. It is a Gluten Free, Vegan Spiced Rice made with sesame seeds.
5 from 5 votes
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Course Naivedyam, Prasadam
Cuisine South Indian
Servings 3 servings

Equipment

  • 1 Pressure Cooker Can also use Instant Pot / Open Pot to cook the Rice
  • 1 Kadai thick pan
  • 1 Spice Grinder

Ingredients
  

Base

  • 1 cup Rice Any Short grained, non aromatic, non glutinous rice would do
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • 3 TBSP Sesame Oil pref Sesame Oil as it gives authentic taste

Spice Powder

  • 3 TBSP Sesame seeds Ellu,white
  • 1 TBSP Black Sesame seeds optional
  • 1/4 tsp Asafoetida Hing, skip for GF
  • 3 tsp Split black gram Urad dal / Ulutham Paruppu - 3 tsp
  • 2 TBSP Dry Coconut grated
  • 1 tsp Bengal Gram Channa Dal/ Kadalai Paruppu
  • 3 Dry red chillies

Tempering

  • Oil - 1 TBSP
  • 1/2 tsp Mustard seeds
  • 1/2 tsp Split black gram Urad dal
  • 1 tbsp Cashewnuts Halved
  • 2 red chillies broken into pieces
  • 1 sprig Curry leaves

Instructions
 

  • Cook rice, fluff it nicely and spread in a large flat plate. Drizzle 1 TBSP oil into it and leave aside.
  • In a dry pan roast the sesame seeds till it splutters (take care not to burn it). Transfer to a plate and cool. Similarly dry roast the copra (dry coconut) for 10 secs and transfer to another plate.
  • Add 1 TBSP oil, and roast the Urad Dal, Channa Dal, Red chillies one by one. Cool in a plate.
  • Grind the dals and chillies first to a coarse powder. Now add sesame seeds and copra and hing and blitz it just once in a spice grinder (don't over do it as the sesame and copra would leave behind oil)
  • In a non stick pan, add oil for tempering. Splutter mustard seeds, urad dal curry leaves, broken red chillies and cashewnuts. Once the cashew and urad dal turn golden brown, add the ground spice mixture and salt on a low flame. After two minutes, turn off the heat and add the cooked rice and toss well.
  • Serve immediately or with fried papads.
Keyword Ellodharai, Ellogarai, Ellu Saadam, Main Course, Naivedyam, Prasadam, Rice Variety
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