Perandai Thuvayal

This thuvayal has good medicinal value
Botanical name is: Cissus quardrangularis.


Perandai Thuvayal:

Ingredients:
1 cup young tender perandai
¼ cup shredded coconut
6 green chillies
2 small red onions
2 pips of garlic
2 tsp tamarind paste
2 sprigs curry leaves
Salt to taste
¼ tsp mustard seeds
¼ tsp urad dal
Oil.

Method:
Wash and cut the perandai into pieces.
In a wok add 2 tsp of oil, add the onions,
Garlic, green chillies, curry leaves, coconut,
And the tender perandai. Saute nicely.
If not well sauted , the perandai has a tendency
To itch. Let it cool. Then grind it with salt in a mixie.
Remove from the mixie. Heat a 1 tsp of oil temper with
The mustard seeds and urad dal. Pour it over the thuvayal.
Mix and serve with rice.


This is how the fresh perandai looks like: