Ellu Podi Recipe for Rice, idly, dosa - Sesame seed Lentil Powder

Ellu Podi for Idli Dosa Rice is a traditional Tamil style recipe. Black sesame works better than white sesame seeds unfortunately at my place I get only white sesame seeds. We roast all the ingredients separately and spread on a plate or a newspaper to cool down. Then grind and enjoy. I stored this up to 4 weeks shelf life, max 4 weeks we complete it 😀 never been than 4 weeks after 😜. But one of my friends store this podi in zip locks in the freezer. It stays fresh for upto 4 months in the freezer.

For picnics or trips always we go with usual rice varieties, instead you can try this for some trips. Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you.

Ingredients

• Sesame seeds - 1 cup
• whole white urad dal - 1 cup
• A handful of curry leaves
• Red chilies - 8
• Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
• Salt as per taste
• Gingelly oil - 2 tsp
• Asafoetida - 1 tsp

Method

1. Heat a pan, add a teaspoon of oil and roast the sesame seeds until they are aromatic. Set aside to cool.
2. In the same pan add in a teaspoon of oil and add whole white urad dal. Roast until the dal turns color. Set aside to cool.
3. In the same pan, dry roast the cumin seeds, curry leaves and red chilies. Wait for the curry leaves to dry.
4. Spread all the ingredients on a news paper and let it cool completely.
5. Grind it along with salt and asafoetida to coarse powder. Store it in air tight container.

Roast the sesame seeds and urad dal

Dry roast all the spices

Allow it to cool completely