I don’t know the English word for pirandai. I have this creeper in my garden. Usually I prepare gravy with this. This time I tried thuvaiyal. It was so yummy. You need to add tamarind if using pirandai in a dish, because it makes your tongue and throat itchy. The tamarind neutralizes this effect. Even cleaning pirandai makes hand itch. So wear gloves when cleaning. I don’t wear gloves, but I apply till oil and rinse my hands after cleaning pirandai to avoid itchy feeling. Though it is a tough job, don’t be let down because it tastes great.
Ingredients:
Pirandai -2cups
Urad dhal-2tbs
Garlic-3 pods
Green Chilly-4
Tamarind-pebble sized ball
Salt-to taste
Till oil-1tsp+3tbs
Mustard seeds+ Urad dhal-2tsp
Curry Leaves-a sprig
Procedure:
1. Clean pirandai. Remove the unwanted parts. Use the leaves also.
2. Heat 1tsp oil and add urad dhal.
3. When it turns golden, add garlic, slit green chillies and pirandai.
4. Add salt and saute till the mixture becomes dry.
5. Add tamarind and 1/4cup water. When it starts boiling, switch flame to low and cover pan.
6. When it is fully cooked and little water remains, switch off flame. Allow it to cool.
7. Grind it to a smooth paste.
8. Heat oil and splutter mustard, urad dhal and curry leaves.
9. Add the paste and cook on low flame. Cover the pan because it splutters a lot.
10. When oil separates switch off flame and transfer thuvaiyal to a serving bowl.
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| This is Pirandai. Any body knows the English Name? |
Thank You so much Maha for giving the english name for Pirandai.
Have seen this plant back home..never tried any dish with it. looks nice!
It’s been a long time , I tasted this…
Thx. for sharing dear 🙂
Looks very delicious( somewhat like ‘saru’ patra in oriya )…..but i able not able to get its name!! DO we get it in supermarkets ??
nice and tasty and yummy thogaiyal.
Yeh, sometimes they sell it..
I remember grandma doing this… long time…
Looks interesting…
http://krithiskitchen.blogspot.com
ADAMANT CREEPER ithu thaan English name gayathri Google la search pannean.
Very innovative recipe and a healthy one too.
thogayal delicious and colourful
Havent had this pirandai thuvaiyal since a long, mouthwatering here..
Healthy and yummy dish..
New recipe to me..Healthy one..
Thank you so much Maha!
A new ingredient for me..sounds delish!
US Masala
My mom used to prepare this decades ago when we had this creeper at home. Very tasty and healthy thuvayal.Aids in digestion
Have heard of pirandai..Don’t remember seeing the plant though. Thanks for sharing the pic.
looks yumm!
Smitha
Smitha’s Spicy Flavors
Dear Gayatri:
Since I have a wild growth of Pirandai in our Terrace Garden, I was tryin to find out recipes for the Pirandai. We knew only, it is used for preparing Appalam Mavu. Your Thuvaiyal recipe is very good and we will try. Sulochana Rajagopalan.
Hi — I have a pirandai plant at home now, but am not sure how to harvest it for cooking. Could you provide some tips on what parts of the plant to pick, how to cut it and how much of the plant can be harvested without killing it off? Thank you!
@Varali: Hi, While harvesting leave one segment of the pirandai and remove others. New segments will come out of the single segment.
Look up Cissus, that’s what it is called.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cissus
ya i tryed it ..it is wonderful and make our body fit and slim..it reduse fat i feel myself it reduse my stomic and made my slomic slim..and it reduse bodypain..and does miracal in our body thanks a lot to learn about ur sight how to cook prandai..
realy this is g8 prandai is lovely i thank gayatri ..because of this..waw its yammi and lovely ..im kennedy from chennai
Let me know the medical value of this prandai, as per me it is good for bone problem =K.Sukumaran Kalpakkam=