
Vallarai / Brahmi leaves Chappathi
Vallarai / Brahmi leaves Chappathi is a nutritious and healthy one. Brahmi leaves are traditional plant in ayurvedic medicine. This is used in Ayurvedic medical practitioners for centuries for a variety of purposes, including improving memory, reducing anxiety, and treating epilepsy. It contains powerful antioxidants, may reduce inflammation, boost brain function, reduce anxiety & stress, help in reducing blood pressure levels, has an anti-cancer properties.
When I was a kid our family doctor who was practising Sidhdha medicine used to give us vallarai mittai(chocolate). He tells us about this Vallarai keerai / Brahmi leaves which helps in memory. So thats how I came to know about Brahmi leaves. This chappathi is very soft and healthy too. We can serve it with pickle and curd.
I got this recipe from my recipe book. When I got married, my mom and grandmom gave me a lot of recipes. I copied everything on my diary. This is one from that book. I am also attaching my handwritten recipe of this.
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Vallarai Chappathi / Brahmi leaves Chappathi
Equipment
- Pan
Ingredients
For the dough
- 1 cup Wheat flour
- Ae req Salt
- To knead the dough Water
For the paste
- 2 tsp Ghee
- 1 tsp Oil
- 1 cup Brahmi leaves
- 2 tbsp Moong Dhal
- 1 No Tomato
- 2 Nos Green chilli
- 1 tsp Cumin seeds
- 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
- 1 tsp Garam masala powder
- As req Salt
Instructions
- Cook moong dhal with little water and keep aside.
- Wash & Clean the Brahmi leaves well, remove the root and retain the thin stem.
- In a pan, add ghee, oil and saute cumin seeds.
- Then add roughly chopped green chillies, tomatoes, cooked moong dhal and cook until the brahmi leaves are cooked and the moisture is gone completely.
- While the tomatoes and the leaves are getting cooked, add turmeric powder, salt and garam masala into it.
- Once it is done, allow it to cool and grind it to a fine paste.
- The paste for the Vallarai Chappathi is ready.
- In a bowl add wheat flour, salt, ground paste and mix well with your hands.
- Donot add water in the beginning because the dough might become sticky.
- So sprinkle water little by little and knead it to make a soft dough.
- Finally apply ghee on the dough and allow it to sit for ten minutes.
- Take a small portion of the dough, dust it with wheat flour and roll it out to a thin chappathi.
- Heat the skillet, cook the chappathi on both the sides in medium flame with ghee.
- Vallarai Chappathi / Brahmi leaves Chappathi is ready to serve. Serve it with curd and pickle.
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INSTRUCTIONS
- Cook moong dhal with little water and keep aside.
- Wash & Clean the Brahmi leaves well, remove the root and retain the thin stem.
- In a pan, add ghee, oil and saute cumin seeds.
- Then add roughly chopped green chillies, tomatoes, cooked moong dhal into the pan.
- Cook until the brahmi leaves are cooked or the moisture is gone completely.
- While the tomatoes and the leaves are getting cooked, add turmeric powder, salt and garam masala into it.
- Once it is done, allow it to cool and grind it to a fine paste.
- The paste for the Vallarai Chappathi is ready.
- In a bowl add wheat flour, salt, ground paste and mix well with your hands.
- Donot add water in the beginning because the dough might become sticky.
- So sprinkle water little by little and knead it to make a soft dough.
- Finally apply ghee on the dough and allow it to sit for ten minutes.
- Take a small portion of the dough, dust it with wheat flour and roll it out to a thin chappathi.
- Heat the skillet, cook the chappathi on both the sides in medium flame with ghee.
- Vallarai Chappathi / Brahmi leaves Chappathi is ready to serve. Serve it with curd and pickle.
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Comments
Wonderful recipe using vallarai! It is really a great idea to use these leaves while making chappathi.
Thank you so much Megala
This looks amazing
Thank you so much
Niranjana, this is such a great idea to use brahmi leaves in chapati dough. This way no nutrition is lost. Superb!
Thank you so much Deeksha.. .