Chaya Mansa or Mexican Spinach at Ollur Thrissur Kerala

Chaya Mansa or Mexican Spinach is a rare medicinal vegetable like Cheera or Spinach. This comes from the Mayan Civilization period of Mexico and was used by them to boost their physical fitness. They used it as a herbal tea. Contains 450 times Calcium and is good source of Vitamin D. So it is good for bones and generally helps to clear the blood circulation. Slightly toxic with traces of Cyanide and is hence required to boil for 20 minutes and then can be consumed as 'Thoran' or other curry formats.