Sesame Spicy Powder/Ellu Powder

This powder is used for preparing Ellu satham(Elluorai),Ellu Sevai. This powder stores well outside for about a month in an airtight container.

Ingredients:

 Black gram dhal/Urdh dhal –                 ½ cup

Chenna dhal / Bengal gram                   1 tbsp.

Dry Red chilies                                    10 no

Asafetida                                           1 tsp.

Black Ellu (Sesame seed)                      ¼ cup

Dry grated coconut                                ¼ cup    

Oil                                                     1 tbsp.

Curry leaves                                         2 stems

Salt (rock salt)                                      as you need

Method:

• Heat  a pan /wok, and dry fry the Black Ellu. Keep aside. 
• Heat the oil in wok and fry dhals, grated coconut separately, till golden brown color. 
• Add curry leaves and Asafetida, fry for few minutes. Keep aside.
• Add red chilies in the wok and fry the chilies till that color changes and aroma comes out. (Flame should be in low).
• Mix all the ingredients and grind it into a coarse powder. (Do not grind them as very fine powder).
• This powder stores well outside for about a month in an airtight container.
• You can also use this Ellu podi as Dosa Millaghai powder (Gun spicy powder).

 Note:

Sesame seeds have very high oil content, so it is very necessary to grind this powder very slowly, otherwise it would become very wet when grinding.