Ellu Podi | Sesame Seed Powder Recipe

Ellu Podi Recipe

I wanted to share this podi here for a long time. Even though this is a staple in our house. I somehow missed to share it here. Finally I made quite a few powders yesterday specially for blog. Will share all those soon.

Ellu is also known as sesame seed in english. Sesame seeds has lots of health benefits, one of the main is iron and it is really good for kids and girl children.

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Ingredients for Sesame seed powder

Urad Dal / Ulundu Paruppu - ½ cup
Dry Red Chillies - 5 to 8
Sesame Seeds / Ellu - 1 cup
Garlic - 3 to 4
Curry Leaves a handful
Salt to taste

How to Make Sesame Seed Powder

• Heat oil in a pan, add in urad dal and roast till golden. Remove to a plate.
• Add in dry red chillies and roast golden. Remove to a plate.
• Add in sesame seeds and roast till done. Remove to a plate.
• Take curry leaves in a pan. toast till crispy. Remove to a plate.
• Cool down completely.
• Take it a blender add in garlic and salt and powder till crushed.
• Cool it down, store it in an air tight container.

Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you. 

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Ellu Podi | Sesame Seed Powder for Idli, Dosa & Rice

Ellu podi or sesame seed powder made using roasting spices, sesame seeds and lentils. This can be served over some rice and a drizzle of ghee. You can have it with idli or dosa too.

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 10 minutes mins

Total Time 20 minutes mins

Course Main Course

Cuisine Indian

Servings 2 cups

Ingredients

  

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• ▢ Oil - ½ tsp
• ▢ Urad Dal / Ulundu Paruppu - ½ cup
• ▢ Dry Red Chillies - 5 to 8
• ▢ Sesame Seeds / Ellu - 1 cup
• ▢ Garlic - 3 to 4
• ▢ Curry Leaves a handful
• ▢ Salt to taste

Instructions

 

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  Heat oil in a pan, add in urad dal and roast till golden. Remove to a plate.
• ▢
  Add in dry red chillies and roast golden. Remove to a plate.
• ▢
  Add in sesame seeds and roast till done. Remove to a plate.
• ▢
  Take curry leaves in a pan. toast till crispy. Remove to a plate.
• ▢
  Cool down completely.
• ▢
  Take it a blender add in garlic and salt and powder till crushed.
• ▢
  Cool it down, store it in an air tight container.

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Heat oil in a pan