I had some left over rice and was wondering what to do. I wanted to do some thing quick and simple. Making fried rice or vegetable biryani will take a lot of time. So I settled with the sesame rice which is easy and quick to make. I mixed white and black sesame seed for this recipe. Black sesame seed has high nutritional value since it has the skin. Also black sesame seed has a much stronger taste and flavor. But you can completely replace the black sesame seed with white one.
Ingredients:
- 1 cup cooked basmati rice
- 2 tablespoons black sesame seeds
- 1 tablespoon white sesame seed
- 1 teaspoon shredded unsweetened coconut (optional)
- 3 dried red chilies
- 1 teaspoon sesame seed oil
- 1/8 teaspoon mustard seed
- 1 teaspoon urad dhal
- ½ teaspoon cumin seed
- 1 strand curry leaves
Method:
- Dry roast sesame seeds until they start splattering
- Dry roast one red chili and coconut until coconut is quite dry (lightly golden). If not using coconut, just dry roast chili for a few seconds (make sure it does not get burned and start smoking)
- Add sesame seed oil to a saucepan and add mustard seed
- When they start splattering, add urad dhal and fry for about 25-30 seconds in low flame
- Now add cumin seed, curry leaves and the rest of the dried red chilies (bread the red chilies into 3-4 small pieces) and sauté for about 30 seconds
- Add rice, ground sesame seed mixture and salt to the saucepan and cook on low flame for about a minute. Sprinkle just a little bit water and cover the saucepan. This is to keep the rice moist and soft
- Serve warm with appalam or moar milagai (curd chili)
chelvi!
another delicious idea!
and the picture is beautiful!!!!
thank you
Nakshatra
Thanks!