Green Bitter Gourd

Fresh green bitter gourd harvested from my vegetable garden. Very very bitter and have good amount of Iron in it. The soup is ultra bitter but tastes better with other ingredients like Onion, garlic, tomato, chili etc.

Purslane Salad Kozhuppa or Uppu Cheera Salad

Purslane is a common plant in Kerala. It grows along with grass in your backyard or on the roadside. Some are having red stem and have yellow flowers. It is rich in Omega 3 which is usually found in fish etc. As good as Spinach or Cheera, it can be eaten fresh as Salad or cooked like Cheera Thoran etc. This veggie is used by Tamilians etc and used abroad by Turkish, Greek, Spanish and Americans... To make fresh salad of Purslane: Chopped fresh Purslane chopped large Onion crushed garlic + red chili+ tomato salt and pepper lemon juice and virgin Olive oil Mix well to use.