Tuesday, July 26, 2016

Herbal Recipe: Vallara Keerai Thugaiyal / Thuvaiyal

‘Vallara Keerai’ – known by botonical name  Centella asiatica and Brahmi in Hindi is known for its brain-boosting abilities, as claimed by the ‘Ayurveda’ and ‘Siddha’ traditional medicines of India, in practice for over thousands of years. 

Consuming this once a week in our diet, helps us improve our memory power. This is much required for all especially to school-going children and college students. Also to aged, those who lose their memory.


Ingredients
  • Vallarai Keerai: 1 bunch
  • Ulutham parupu/Urad dhaal: 2 karandi / 2 rounded spatula
  • Kashmiri Red chilly: use 6 nos; IF normal red chillies; use 3 nos
  • Green Chillies: 2, split into halves
  • Milagu/ Black pepper: 1 tspn
  • Venthayam/ Methi seeds: 1 tspn
  • Hing/ Perungayam: 1/2 tspn
  • Ginger/ Inji: 2 inches, roughly diced
  • Turmeric powder: 1/2 tspn
  • Tamarind/ a gooseberry size/nellikai size
  • Salt: as req
  • Oil: to saute the contents     

Method

1. Heat a kadai, add oil, add urad dhal, red chillies, green chillies, pepper, methi seeds. Fry them til they turn golden colour.



 2. Add the plucked, washed Vallara Keerai to it. Add ginger and saute for 2 mins.



3. Add turmeric powder, tamarind and saute for another 1 to 1.5 mins.








































4. Rest them under fan for sometime, take them into your blender/mixie jar. Add required salt and perungayam/hing and coarsely grind them by adding less than 1/4 tumbler of water.

Vallara Keerai Thugaiyal Is Ready!!

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