Ellu Thogayal / Black Sesame Seeds Thogayal

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.

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