My apologize for not being active and not informing about my absence. My Internet connection was not working properly and also I am lil busy with personal stuffs. I will be posting recipes only when time permits for few upcoming weeks and request you all to continue your support till I come to my routine work.
Just to wake my blog after a week’s break, I am posting this simple thogayal which pairs well with this rice. I make this thogayal only when I prepare this rice and it tastes heaven along with tamarind gravy which is in the queue to treat you next. Now off to the thogayal.
Basic Information:
Preparation Time and Cooking Time: <10 minutes
Serves: 3 persons
Ingredients:
Black sesame seeds / Ellu – 1/2 cup
Dry red chilli – 3 nos
Jaggery – 1 tablespoon
Tamarind – 1 gooseberry size
Garlic – 3 nos, small size
Salt – to taste
Water – 2 tablespoons
Method:
1) Wash and soak tamarind in 2 tablespoons of water. Meanwhile dry roast sesame seeds and dry red chilli. By the time sesame seeds splutter and release aroma, remove from the stove.
2) Allow the roasted ingredients to cool to room temperature.
3) In a dry mixer, add sesame seeds and dry red chilli and grind it to a powder. Then, add jaggery, garlic cloves, soaked tamarind along with water and salt. Grind it to a smooth paste.
4) Serve it with Ulunthu sadam.
Notes:
1) It is important to dry roast the sesame seeds just until it splutter. Immediately remove from fire and transfer to another plate to avoid burning.
2) Increase the tamarind size if it is not very sour. Mine was very sour and so I used only in a size of gooseberry.
3) Addition of garlic is optional. Increase of decrease the water quantity as per your personal preference.
Superb, we make a similar chutney too!
healthy and tasty thogayal
tempting ellu thogayal
I will make this. I love ellu and so does my husband. Would be great with rice.
Nvr heard of this… Will try soon
different thogayal.. i use sesame seeds only while grinding idli podi..:)
lovely thogayal…will try this soon…
tempting clicks,looks so irresistible.
never heard about this thogaiyal uma.. will give a try..
Never tried ellu thogayal Uma… Will try soon… Take care dear
looks delicious
Never tried of it…nice post and clicks
looks yummy and nice clicks…