🇮🇳 Indian Vegetarian

Ellu Sadam Tamil Style

Name: Ellu Sadam Tamil Style
Prep time: 17 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 52 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 tbsp Ginger Garlic Paste; to taste Salt; 1, thinly sliced Onion; 2, slit Green Chili; 2 tbsp Ghee; 1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder; 2 tsp Whole Garam Masala Spices; 3/4 cup Rice; 2 sprigs Curry Leaves; 1 tsp Dried Red Chilies; 1 tsp Sesame Seeds

🇮🇳 Indian

Tamil sesame rice for festival lunchboxes, nutty and toasty. Slow steam, long grains and a masala that perfumes every forkful. A bowl of plain yogurt and pickled onions is all it wants.

Prep 17 min Cook 35 min Serves 4 Medium

Ingredients

Ginger Garlic Paste1 tbsp
Saltto taste
Onion1, thinly sliced
Green Chili2, slit
Ghee2 tbsp
Turmeric Powder1/2 tsp
Whole Garam Masala Spices2 tsp
Rice3/4 cup
Curry Leaves2 sprigs
Dried Red Chilies1 tsp
Sesame Seeds1 tsp

Optional extras

Fresh Cilantro2 tbsp, chopped

Instructions

1
Wash the rice till the water runs clear and let it soak while you build the masala; drain before it goes in.
2
Warm the ghee and drop in the whole spices; the moment they sizzle and perfume the kitchen, add the onions.
3
Brown the onions properly, stir in ginger garlic paste, then bloom the powdered spices in the fat.
4
Tumble in the sesame seeds, let it soften in the masala, then add the rice and toast it for two minutes, stirring.
5
Pour in hot water (1:1.5 for biryani-style, a little less for pulao), add salt, bring to a boil and cook covered on the lowest flame till the water is gone; rest 10 minutes, then fluff with a fork.

Chef's tip

Fresh spices make the dish — if yours smell of nothing, the dish will taste of nothing.

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Watch how it's made

Video: Ellu Sadam Recipe in Tamil | Variety Rice Recipe in Tamil · on YouTube