Til Rice Recipe | How to make Til Rice | Navratri Recipes | (Ellu Sadam)

Hi friends, thank you all for visiting my website and @EATeasyvegrecipes youtube channel. Today's recipe is til rice recipe. Til rice or ellu sadam is an easy and delicious rice recipe made with ground sesame seeds and other condiments. The sesame rice is also known as ellu sadam in Tamil language where Ellu means sesame seeds and Sadam means rice. South Indian households makes many rice varieties without onion and garlic during festival season to offer the deity. This is also one such staple rice variety. Simple and easy to make, and also ideal for lunch boxes.
Ellu sadam or til rice is made in different ways in different households. Dry roast or fry sesame seeds and other dals. Grind all of them to make fine powder. Add the powder, tadka and salt to the cooked rice. Grounded sesame seeds gives a nice flavour to the rice.
Check out other festival special rice varities here:
Peanut Rice
Curd Rice
Lemon Rice
Pulihora
Tomato Pulihora
Coconut Rice

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Til Rice Recipe | How to make Til Rice | Navratri Recipes | (Ellu Sadam)
Author: Sailaja Angara
Preparation Time: 5 M
Cooking time: 15M
Servings: 4 People

Til rice -- no onion no garlic rice recipe for navratri specail rice naivedyam recipe and also for kids lunch boxes.

Ingredients:

• 1 Cup Rice
• 1/4 Cup Til/Sesame Seeds/Ellu/Nuvvulu
• 1 Tbsp Chana Dal
• 1 Tbsp Urad Dal
• 1/4 Tsp Black Pepper Seeds
• 3 to 4 Red Chillis
• Salt to Taste
• 1 Tsp Turmeric Powder

Ingredients for Tadka:

• 2 Tbsp Oil
• 1 Tsp Ground Nuts
• 1 Tsp Urad Dal
• 1 Tsp Chana Dal
• 1 Tsp Mustard Seeds
• 1 Tsp Cumin Seeds
• 2 or 3 Red Chillis
• 3 to 4 Green Chillis
• 1/4 Tsp Asafoetida
• 4 to 5 Curry Leaves

Procedure:

1. Wash and pressure cook rice for 3 whistles.
2. Once the pressure ccools down, spread the rice on a wide plate.
3. Add a spoon of oil and salt to taste.
4. This would absorb extra moisture from the rice.
5. Slit green chillis.
6. Heat a pan, add 1/4 tsp oil.
7. Add chana dal and urad dal.(refer under 'Ingredients')
8. Add black pepper seeds and red chillis too.
9. Fry them on a low flame till the dals turn golden.
10. Add sesame seeds/Til and fry them till they pop up.
11. Keep them aside to cool.
12. Once cooled grind them into a coarse powder.
13. Again heat oil in the pan, add ground nuts.
14. Fry them till they turn light brown, add chana dal and urad dal.(refer under 'Ingredients for Tadka')
15. As they start changing their colour add mustard seeds and cumin seeds.
16. Add slit green chillis, red chillis after the mustard seeds start spluttering.
17. Add asafoetida and curry leaves.
18. Add this tadka to the above spread rice.
19. Add turmeric powder too.
20. Add the above grounded powder also to the rice.
21. Combine all of them well.
22. Check the taste and add salt if required.
23. Serve Til Rice recipe.