Ellu sadham

From Gita Iyer (Agraharam YouTube videos)

Ingredients
Black sesame seeds - 1/4 cup
Urad dal - 1/8 cup
Red chillis - 4 long
Curry leaves  - 10
Salt
Rice (sona masoori, ponni etc) - 1 cup uncooked - cook it like you regularly would.

Tempering:
Sesame oil - 2 tbsp
Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
Hing - 1/4 tsp
Curry leaves - a few

Method

1. Dry roast the urad and the red chillis and curry leaves till urad turns red/brown. Set aside
2. Toast sesame seeds till it pops/becomes crunchy. 
3. Cool both urad and sesame seeds into a slightly coarse mixture. Use short pulses else sesame seeds will exude oil and the mixture will turn into a big glop.
4. Add tempering ingredients into a pan and when mustard pops, add the ground powder.
5. Mix the ellu podi with rice as required and serve.