Doddapatre(SaambraaNi) Soppina Chitranna

Ingredients:
4 - 5 cups of chopped Coleus Aromaticus / Doddapatre / SaambraaNi
1 cup White Rice
3 - 4 Green Chillies
1/2 cup grated Raw Mango
2 large Onions
4 - 5 tsp Peanuts / Ground nuts
2 tsp Bengal Gram seeds
1 tsp Black Gram seeds
1.5 tsp Mustard seeds
Big Pinch of Asafoetida powder
1 tsp Turmeric powder
Salt to taste
6 - 8 Curry leaves
1/4 cup grated Coconut
3 - 4 Tbs Oil

Recipe:
Wash the rice, cook and keep it aside.

Wash the Doddapatre leaves and keep them aside.

Separate the leaves from the stem, chop them into small pieces as shown in the picture below.

Cut green chillies into 2 pieces. Chop the onion into long thin pieces as shown in the picture below. Grate the mango and keep it aside.

Put mustard seeds, black gram seeds, peanuts, bengal gram seeds, oil in a thick bottomed vessel/pan and heat. Once it starts spluttering, add asafoetida powder, cut green chillies, curry leaves, chopped onion, salt, turmeric powder and fry them for about 3-4 mins in medium flame until onion turns light golden in colour.

Add grated mango, chopped Doddapatre leaves and fry them for about 5-6 mins until its cooked.

Add cooked rice and mix well.

Add grated coconut and mix well. Keep the Chitranna in low flame for about 2-3 mins and serve hot.

Doddapatre(SaambraaNI) Soppina Tambli

Ingredients:
1 bunch of Coleus Aromaticus / Doddapatre / SaambraaNi
1 - 1.5 cups grated Coconut

1 Green Chilly

5 Black Peppers

1 tsp Cumin seeds(1/2 tsp for Grinding + 1/2 tsp for Seasoning)

1 - 1.5 cups Buttermilk

Salt to taste

1 tsp Mustard seeds

1- 2 broken Red Chillies

2 - 3 tsp Ghee

Recipe:

Clean the doddapatre leaves and wash them. Chop them into small pieces as shown in the picture below. Cut green chilly into two pieces.

Put 1-2 tsp ghee in a thick bottomed vessel. Add cumin seeds, black pepper and fry them for about 1 min in medium flame. Add chopped doddapatre leaves, green chilly and fry them for about 5 mins in medium flame.

Grind grated coconut, fried doddapatre leaves,  into smooth paste by adding sufficient amount of water. (If it is frozen coconut, use hot water while grinding.) Add this ground coconut to a vessel. Add buttermilk, salt to the same vessel and mix them well. (If it is yogurt/curd, put it in a mixer for few seconds before adding it to tambli.) Put mustard seeds, cumin seeds, red chilly pieces and 1/2 tsp ghee in a pan. Once it starts spluttering, add it to tambli. Mix well before serving. It goes well with rice.