Karkidaka Blog Series 2

Pathila thoran 

Karkidakam is the last month of the Malayalam calendar (followed in Kerala /July or August. )

Here the monsoon cover nature with a green blanket made up of an array of greens, herbs, and leafy vegetables everything in nature seems to be sprouting.

✍Specialities in Ayurveda:

Time to rejuvenate the mind and body

✍Traditional methods:

✔ by avoiding  non-vegetarian food
✔Karkidaka Kanji
✔medicated oils or go in for Ayurveda treatment Panchakarma

✍must-dos are curries, salads and chutneys made of leaves that were once easily available all over Kerala.

✍Unique leaf-based curry in Karkidakam

THE PATIALA THORAN  🥗

is one of the many leaf-based dishes that are popular during the Malayalam month of Karkidakam.

✔ a dry stir fry made of 10 kinds of leaves

✔for lunch.

The main 10  leaves

The recipes and leaves differ according to availability and socio-geographical locations and communities. The pathila especially has a lot of nutrients and immunity boosters. These are all seasonal food diets  that we can follow,

1. Thalu (wild colocasia)

Colocasia leaves are green-coloured heart-shaped leaves of the plant which is rich in many nutrients.
(Colocasia esculenta-Araceae)

2. Tharakara (oval-shaped cassia)

Senna multiglandulosa-leguminaceae

3. Thazhuthama (spreading hogweed)

Boerhaavia diffuse-Nyctaginaceae

Boerhaavia diffusa has been used for its anti-diabetic and diuretic properties.

4. Chem ila (small colocasia leaves)

Helps in weight management
Protects the heart
Improves digestion
Promotes eye health
Removes cancer-producing cells
Regulates blood sugar, prevents diabetes
Prevents from anaemia

5. Payar ila (cowpea leaves)

Findings from this study indicated that cowpea leaves contained protein (34.91%), low glycemic index carbohydrates (31.11 %), and prebiotics (19.46.)

6. Chena ila (elephant yam leaves)

The young unopened leaves and young petioles (leaf stalks) are edible cooked and are often served with fish. It also serves as the base for many curries, chutneys, kebabs, and sweet dishes, or can be fried into chips.

7. Kumbalam ila (ash gourd leaves)

In addition to vitamin C, ash gourd is a good source of flavonoids and carotenes, two antioxidants believed to help protect your body against cell damage and certain conditions like type 2 diabetes and heart disease

8. Mathan ila (pumpkin leaves)

Pumpkin leaves are large, lobed leaves that grow on hollow stems.

Pumpkin leaves are high in essential vitamins such as A and C. While vitamin A improves eyesight and promotes healthy skin and hair, vitamin C helps in healing wounds and forming scar tissue, as well as maintaining healthy bones, skin, and teeth.

9. Choriyanam ila (Indian stinging nettle leaves)

Stinging nettle has been used for hundreds of years to treat painful muscles and joints, eczema, arthritis, gout, and anaemia. Today, many people use it to treat urinary problems during the early stages of an enlarged prostate

10. Mullan cheera (spiny amaranth)
Amaranthus spinosus, commonly known as the spiny amaranth
The leaves and stems of Amaranthus spinosus are eaten raw or cooked as spinach.

 
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