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ASIATIC PENNYWORT (VALARAI)
Ayurvedic

Pennywort leaves helps to improve one’s memory power. Since the leave resembles the right and left hemisphere of the brains, it is regarded as god creation and gift to human kind to improve the functionality of their brains.

HOW TO EAT PENNYWORT LEAVES?

· Blend the leaves and drink the juice. This is a very healthy way and the best method to consume as it is prepared raw You can also boil the leaves and serve it as a soup. This way of cooking may cause nutrition loss.

Pennywort is rich in Vitamin C and the leaves are bitter in taste and very suitable to be made Chutney or “Thuvaiyal.”

HOW TO MAKE CHUTNEY OR THUVAIYAL?

¼ thumb size ginger (Make sure the quantity of ginger used is very little as it can change the taste of the dish)

Handful of pennywort leaves

1 clove of garlic

2 small onions

2 dried chillies

Dry fried grated coconut



Make sure you dry fry the grated coconut and grind all the ingredients together to avoid loss of nutritional value from the pennywort leaves.

It is best to serve this dish once a week to your children as the leaves are effective in treating blood disorders. You can also consume 1 cup of pennywort soup once a week.

You can easily obtain pennywort leaves in the wet market or night market. Therefore utilize this vegetable as much as possible as it has numerous health improving components.

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There are two types of Indian Spinach, Red Indian Spinach and White Indian Spinach. Red Indian spinach has more nutritional value compared to white Indian spinach.

This vegetable is rich in vitamins A, C and D and good for cooling the eyes. Any vegetable which gives a cooling effect to the eyes are categorized under the type of cooling food.

Those who suffer from frequent constipation are advised to eat Indian spinach as it helps ease bowel movement.

When preparing porridge for children, it is good to add 2 to 3 leaves of Indian spinach into the porridge. The leaves are soft and tender and are required minimum time to cook.

Wash the leaves and cut the leaves into small pieces. Stir fry the leaves with grated coconut. Indian Spinach provides sufficient vitamins and minerals to men and women's reproductive organs.

Lack of vitamins and minerals in women’s egg and men’s sperm is very common today as many of us tend to eat processed foods which contain lots of chemicals.

Indian spinach is very easy to grow and can be grown in any type of soil. You can grow Indian spinach in a pot and have it grown in your kitchen or any suitable place.

It is best to eat this vegetable 2 to 3 times a week. Asthma patients are strictly forbidden to eat Indian spinach. This is because the cooling effect will increase kapa, i.e. more phlegm in the chest area.

For those who are not suffering from asthma should include Indian spinach at least once a week as it is rich in nutritional value and has lots of health benefits.

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