Description
Vallarai also called saraswathi keerai, it belongs to the family of herbs but it can be used as routine green. Its leaves look like kidney shaped. It improves the mind’s receptive capacity & capable of improving a person’s memory power. Amma prepares kuzhambu by using this vallarai. Using tamarind & chilli with this will reduce the medicinal effects. So i tried it in the other way.| Ingredients | |
|---|---|
| 1 cup | Vallari |
| ¾ cup | Toor dal or moong dal |
| 1 tsp | Pepper |
| 1 tsp | Jerra |
| Salt (as per taste) | |
| 1 | Lemon (small) |
Instructions
Clean & chop the vallarai, add toor dal, turmeric powder with vallarai and place it in a cooker. Leave it upto 3-4 whistles. Grind pepper & jeera coarsely then add it in to the cooked vallarai dal following by salt. Finally when it becomes cool, add lemon juice & serve it.
Notes
I prepare various dishes by using vallarai. As I want to absorb the max.. medicinal value, I use to prepare it like this in between. So I avoided chilly, tamarind & oil. This is one way of preparation, can be made spicy if required.Vallarai can be boiled separately
Source
Amma
16 Comments
Vallarai is best when it is not cooked. Soak it in salt water / luke warm if you are worried about bacterias.
Chop them finely, add chopped onion, chillis, lime, pepper, grated coconut and consume immediately..
or use the same ingredients said above and grind them into fine paste and serve as chutney.
Did you get vallari in US
Soory Aruna, i dont think you get this here in USA, this recipe is from member contribtution and i think this is from Oman.
Seem.. & divya,
Thanks for ur nice comments
Viji, neenga romba lucky, Omanla vallarai kidaikuthu. Its really hard to find here, anyway here are the names in other languages for our friends to hunt for this great leafy vegetable.
English – Indian Pennywort / Pennuwort
Tamil – Vallarai
Malayalam – Muttil
Gujarati – Karbrahmi
Hindi – Brahmi
Telugu – Manduka Brahmi
Sinhalese – Gotu Kola
Thanks muallai englishla per theditu irunthen
hi i found vallarai in THAI BINH MARKET.
viji i like vallarai poriyal..my mom used to prepare….ur masiyal looks really good…..healthy one….Divya Mubarak
viji, ur recipes r all real healthy ones, good work da…
Thank u abi yeah, Vallarai is having very good medicinal value. Oh u.sla vallarai kidaikatha?
Viji,
Vallarai keerai has unique medicinal value. It improves memory power and is very good for health.
My mom makes delicious vallaarai chutney with coconut. Here in US we dont get this keerai. So I miss this keerai here and it has been a while since I ate this keerai. You recipe is interesting and healthy.
Priya & arthi
Thank u so much for the best comments.
Wow…excellent healthy way of preparing these greens Viji..looks awesome..
viji unga recipes ellam sama healthy recipesah iruku pa… this keerai is good for students and children particularly…
can u specify which green leaf we should buy ?
Ayesha all greens are having their special qualites & fiber. Can choose according to our taste. personally i would like to cook all the greens coz greens r always good for health. It reduces body heat also. With out gaining weight, can earn proper vitamins & minerals by adding green in our food frequently.I 've expressed whatever i know.
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