Vitamin Leaves Chutney

Vitamin Leaves / Sweet Leaf also known as Vitamin Cheera / Madura Cheera  in Malayalam has so many health benefits.Vitamin Leaves are packed with nutrients, minerals and vitamines.Consuming cooked Vitamin Leaves are good for health espicially very good for diabetic patients. 

The following ingredients are needed to prepare Vitamin Cheera Chutney:-

Ingredients:-

Vitamin Leaves.    -1cup tightly packed.
Coconut grated.    -1cup
Dry Red Chillies.   - 6
Cumin seeds.        -1/2tsp
Hing powder.         -1/2tsp
White Sesame.      -1/2 tsp
Tamarind.              - a marble size
Salt.                       -to taste
Cooking Oil.           -1tsp


For Seasoning:-

Coconut oil.      -1tsp
Mustard seeds. -1tsp
Red chillies.      -2 (broken into halves)


Instructions:-

Remove the Vitamin Cheera leaves from the stems.Discard the stems.Wash the Vitamin Leaves in water and keep aside in a colander to drain.

Method:-

Heat Oil in a pan and add dry Red chillies and saute well.

Add Cumin seeds, Sesame seeds and saute well.

Add Hing powder and Vitamin Cheera leaves and saute well and cook for 3 minutes on low flame.

Switch off the flame  and allow the cooked Vitamin Leaves  mixture to cool.

Grind the grated Coconut,Tamarind and required Salt along with the cooked Vitamin Leaves mixture to a smooth paste adding very little water.

Transfer the ground mixture to a bowl.

Heat Coconut oil or any cooking oil in a pan for seasoning and splutter Mustard seeds.

Add broken Red chillies and fry well in oil and switch off the flame.

Add the above seasoning over the ground Vitamin Leaves mixture (Chutney) in the bowl.

A very tasty and delicious Vitamin Leaves Chutney is ready to serve as a side dish with Rice, Idli, Dosa etc.