MANATHAKKALI KEERAI THANNI SAARU RECIPE

Manathakkali keerai/Black night shade is a wonderful green variety which has lots of health benefits.It is also called as wonder berry.It is called as Kamanchi chettu in Telugu,Makoi in Hindi,Manathakkali in Malayalam,Kakkesoppu in Kannada and Black night shade in English.We usually use sun dried berries in vathakuzhambu.But we make this thanni saaru with manathakkali keerai or agathi keerai whenever we get mouth ulcers,stomach inflammation & pains.Its a very good home remedy for it and u can feel it in a day.The combination of manathakkali,small onions and coconut milk gives a great relief from mouth ulcers.Its very simple to do and tastes good when mixed with rice n ghee.Lets see how to make this manathakkali keerai thanni saaru recipe .

Manathakkali keerai thanni saaru

Manathakkali keerai thanni saaru - A good remedy for mouth ulcer

Cuisine: Indian

Category: Health food

Serves: Serves 2

Prep time: 10 Minutes

Cook time: 10 Minutes

Total time: 20 Minutes

INGREDIENTS

Manathakkali keerai - 1 cup (tightly packed) Grated coconut -1/2 cup Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp Small onion - 10 nos Salt - as needed Sugar – a pinch Milk - little (optional)

METHOD

Take out the leaves and discard the stem from manathakkali keerai.Chop small onions finely. In a pressure cooker base ,add water and keep a small vessel,take the keerai leaves and small onions adding 1 cup of water OR arisi kazhani/mandi with a pinch of sugar & salt in the vessel.Pressure cook in low flame for one whistle.Keerai will be cooked well( PS: This keerai takes more time to cook.So i always pressure cook it for quick cooking) In the mean time,grind the grated coconut with 1/2 cup of water and take the extract. After the keerai is cooked well,add coconut milk,salt and mix well.Make sure u don’t boil the keerai after adding coconut milk.Just heat it for few seconds and let it become warm. Crush cumin seeds and add it to the keerai. Check for taste and drink the water.Strain the leaves with onions,mix with plain rice adding a drop of ghee.

Note

U can directly pressure cook the leaves instead of keeping inside a vessel.I usually cook this along with rice or vegetables..So i keep in a separate vessel. U can follow the same procedure and make this using agathi keerai .

Healthy manathakkali keerai thanni saaru is ready to drink

Do check out my Easy Manathakkali vatha kuzhambu if interested.

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