Naatu Ponnanganni Keerai Masala Rasam

Hi all 🙂 When I was thinking about what should I post for this week’s Organic Kitchen, my vegetable vendor lady who brings some farm fresh veggies from nearby villages brought some fresh bunch of Naatu Ponnanganni Keerai. Having posted a good number of recipes with this healthy green, this time I thought of making…

Naatu Ponnanganni Paruppu Curry

Hi all 🙂 Here is another healthy and easy to prepare dish using Naatu Ponnanganni greens. I had shared the health benefits and few other recipes here. This recipe is the best way to harness the health benefits of this greens. This can be mixed with hot steamed rice with ghee. People (especially for children)…

SeemaiPonnanganni Paruppu Curry

Hello dear friends ❤ For this week Organic Kitchen, am sharing another healthy and very tasty recipe using garden fresh SeemaiPonnanganni Keerai. I had earlier shared Kootu using this greens. This Paruppu Curry recipe has a subtle flavour of peppercorns and is very light on stomach. It goes well with hot steamed rice and even…

Seemai Ponnanganni Keerai Kootu

Hi All !!! Having shared few recipes with our Naatu Ponnanganni Keerai, today am here with a Keerai Kootu Recipe with garden fresh Seemai Ponnanganni . It is a simple and delicious Kootu which can be eaten as is without even any rice or rotis. A complete meal by itself and it offers a lot…

Ponnanganni Keerai Idly Chilly Powder

Having shared Kuzhambu Vadai and Thogayal recipe using the healthy Ponnanganni Keerai, I am here today for my Organic Kitchen Series with Ponnanganni Keerai Idly Milagai Podi. I separated the leaves and shade dried them to make this healthy and tasty variation of Idly Podi, as this is the only way I can make my…

Ponnanganni Keerai Kuzhambu

Yes..It is not over 😀 How can I finish the series without this delicacy from Chettinad. Ponnanganni Keerai Kuzhambu is a very tasty dish to try and am sure you will love every bit of it. Happy to share this tasty and healthy Kuzhambu on this day which happens to be our Fabulous 5th year…

Ponnanganni Keerai Kaaramani Masal Vadai

The bunch of Ponnanganni Keerai was too much for three of us, I ended up in making variety of dishes using the greens. This recipe is for my son who doesn’t easily eat Kootu or Thogayal. An interesting and tasty vadai using this keerai with Kaaramani (Lobia) became a huge hit and my son absolutely…

Ponnanganni Keerai Thogayal

Ponnanganni / Alternanthera sessilis is a perennial herb which is used as a medicine in Ayrurveda due to its enormous health benefits. There are two types of this greens. The green, elongated leafy ones are called “Naattu Ponnanganni” and the one with pink and oval leaves are called “Seemai Ponnanganni”. In Tamil, the green is…