Spiced Sesame Seeds Powder

Ingredients

1 cup  white sesame seeds
1/2 cup red chillies(add more or less depending upon the spice levels)
Salt to taste

Recipe

Dry roast sesame seeds till the color changes to very light brown.
Dry roast the red chillies for 1/2 a minute
Put the dry roasted sesame seeds,salt  and red chillies into a grinder.
Pulse until everything comes together in the form of a powder. Do not grind continuously. Use pulse mode,Otherwise the oil from the sesame seeds will make the powder mushy.
This powder can be mixed with hot plain white rice and ghee or can be added in curries. It can also be eaten with plain dosa, idli etc.

Anapakaya nuvvula podi kura(Bottle gourd with Sesame seeds powder curry)

Bottle gourd with sesame seed powder

Ingredients

1 medium size bottle gourd
1 cup of sesame seed powder(Recipe here)
1 tsp of chana daal
1 tsp of urad daal
1 tsp of mustard seeds
1 tsp of cumin seeds
1 dry red chilli
Pinch of hing
Sprig of curry leaves
2 Tbsps of oil(olive/canola/vegetable)
1 cup water to cook the bottle gourd

Recipe

Heat pan and add oil and warm it up.
Once oil is hot add chana daal, urad daal, asafoetida, mustard seeds, cumin seeds and fry till the color changes to light brown.
Add red chilli, curry leaves.
Add chopped bottle gourd 1/2 cup of water.
Cover it and cook till bottle gourd is completely cooked. It usually takes around 10-15 minutes on medium heat.
Keep an eye on bottle gourd and make sure to mix it couple of times in between.
Once bottle gourd is completely cooked add the sesame seed powder.
Mix well and serve with hot white rice.