Radish Greens Poriyal
- 22
- February
- 2009
Radish Greens Poriyal:
Radish Greens Vepudu. Mullangi Keerai Poriyal.
Most of them, use beets and radish and throw way the greens! Well…these greens are also rich in vitamins! Radish greens contains more vitamin C than the root! Like many other cruciferous vegetables/greens(Cabbage family) these radish greens posses cancer-protecting properties! The high sulfur from these greens helps gastric juices flow and thereby supporting the digestive system! It also acts as a visceral cleanser! Flushes away the impurities from the gall bladder, kidney and protects and strengthens the liver! So the next time you spot the radish along with its leaves…don’t hesitate to buy them. Trim and use them in culinary!:)
My Mommy use to make this stir-fry! Since radish greens are slightly bitter in taste…She used to add grated peanuts to it. Like most of the greens it has ‘Vitamin K’. So people with high blood pressure, do not ‘over do’ with greens!
Ingredients:
Radish Greens 1 bunch
Salt
Turmeric 1 pinch
Peanuts 1 cup
Dry red chilies 7
Mustard seeds 1/2 spoon
Sesame oil few spoons.
Method:
Chop the greens coarsely, along with its tender stems. Set aside.
Toast the peanuts and rub away its fine skin.
Grate peanuts and red chilies together.
In a wide wok, heat oil. Add mustard’s and wait till it splutters.
Add greens, plus salt and turmeric. Cover and cook, till they wilt.
Then fry over high heat for few minutes.
Finally add grated powder to it, stir fry over high for 2 more minutes.
Serve to go with your steamed rice or as a side dish. Enjoy.
Raddish greens is very good for health,have never tried in any dishes! Thanks for sharing!
Hi Malar
Never tried radish greens..The dish looks so tempting..Looks very nice da ..Next time when i buy radish will try this dish ..
love
veena
Adding Peanuts to radish greens is a nice idea..The crunchiness of peanuts in the Poriyal would be great..Thanks for sharing..
Wow nutritious and healthy….
I love the crunchy and bitter taste of the raddish greens. Adding peanuts, it’s yummy and your greens are sooo green!
I love crunchy Radish greens but here I get few leaves or none at all with Daikon. Looks yum, enjoy!
Raddish greens is very good for health, tried once and because of the slightly sour nature, never done it again..But adding peanuts will take over that and give a unique taste, am sure..
It has been a while I have seen those small radishes..Love the greens of it but we dont get here..:-(..Looks so yumm..
radish poriyal, have never tasted that; yours sound crunchy, leafy nutty and delicious!
we get only red radish here, guess they don’t taste alike?
looks great and colorful. Even me never tried.
Never tried those leaves.. Looks lovely! Will try it!
Looks Yum…I love this dish…healthy and tasty too.
looks Yum…love this dish…tasty and healthy.
Radish green poriyal sounds too delicious, never tried yet..
My mom makes simple poriyal and we love the bitter taste, the peanut gives a nice crunch!
The look of the dish is so tempting Malar..:)
Never used the leaves in India, but admired it a lot.
The Radish/beets with the greens on are always a feast to my eyes. I get only a few leaves here, so mix it with other greens and cook:(
Cooking it with groundnut is new to me .. But I m sure ammas method is perfect . Noted the recipe dear.
Dear Malar,
Nice and simple recipe, sound yummy. I’m not personally very fond of using peanuts a lot in cooking, they are not the most healthy you know… Do you think that the proiyal wud taste jus as good if they can be substituted with anything else, like fried channa dal (kadalai paruppu)? I’m planning to try to make it with Idli podi
, shall let you know how it turned out…
- Priya