Thumba with Potatoes

            

Ingredients; 2 medium sized boiled potatoes,
                    2 tbsp chopped thumba leaves,
                       1-2 tsp chilly powder,
                         1 tsp cumin seeds,
                           1/2 tsp haldi powder,
                               1-2 tsp oil ,salt to taste.

    Method:  Peel and cut boiled potatoes.Heat oil in a kadai add cumin seeds,chilly powder, haldi powder,potatoes, thumba leaves and salt.In a low flame stir it for 2-3 mints.Serve with chapathi ,puri.

Thumbeche Hara Bhara Kabab

Ingredients: 2-3 medium sized boiled potatoes.

                      1 tbsp boiled green peas.

                      1 tbsp chopped thumba leaves. 

                      1 tbsp chopped coriander leaves.    

                     1 tbsp chopped spinach.

                      4-5 green chillies.

                       small piece of ginger.

                      7-8 garlic pods, 1/4 tsp amchur powder, salt to taste.

                       2 tbsp maida or corn flour for binding, 

                        oil for deep fry.                    

Method:

1. Peel & grate boiled potatoes,mash boiled green peas,crush green chillies,ginger & garlic.
2. Heat 1/2 tsp of oil in a kadai,add all chopped leaves stir for 2-3 mnts and blanch it.
3.  Mix grated potatoes,peas,blanched leaves,chilly, ginger, garlic,amchur, salt.Add maida for binding
4. Divide the mixture in to equal portion,shape into a ball,press & give it a flat shape like tikki.
5. Deep fry the kababs in hot oil for 2-3 mnts.
6. Serve hot kababs with sauce or ketchup..               

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Thumba -Leuca Indica

Thumba is a small herb native to southern part of India,mainly Kerala & Karnataka. The whole plant is used for different medicine in Ayurveda.. Thumba is a flower of Kerala ,it signifies purity & simplicity.The flowers has religious importance too.It is believed that Lord Krishna loved this flower.During Onam Thumba flowers are used for floral rangoli(athapo).It is also used as an offering to dead people during special rite called  bali(karkkidaka vavu bali).     

 Remedies:                                 

1. Throat pain or tonsillitis:  Grind some Thumba leaves, few black pepper &  garlic 
2. Fever: 20 gms juice of Thumba leaves&10 gms black pepper powder, take it for 3-4 days             
3. For Jaundices,small foreign bodies in eyes use 2-3 drops of thumba leaves juices
4. Diabetic: Take daily 10 gms thumba juice with 2 black pepper.
5. Throat infection for small children: 1spoon thumba juice with honey

This plant is used for snake poison  also.

This plant which is use full to one and all has some very interesting recipes too which I would like to share with all of you..

•                                  Thumbe  Sukke

                        This recipe is used by our community in Kochi 

Ingredients:  2 cups of chopped thumba leaves

                   2 tbsp coconut gratings

                    2 -3 tsp chilly powder

                      1 tsp turmeric powder

                     2 tsp oil, 1 tsp mustard seeds, 1 tsp urad dhal   salt to taste

Method:  Wash & chopped the leaves. Heat oil in a kadai add mustard,urad.when it splutters add other  ingredients within 2-3 minutes healthy sukke is ready to eat. Thumba is slightly bitter in taste (like methi leaves)