Best Spinach Alternative: Malabar Spinach / Basella Leaf / Poi Ka Saag Recipe
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- Опубликовано: 24 июл 2024
- Basella leaf - also called Malabar Spinach or Indian Spinach or even Ceylon Spinach is the best alternative for regular spinach or paalak. Discover why.
Also discover the basella leaf recipe Bengali style - Poi Ka Saag
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00:00 Alternative to Spinach
01:59 Basella names in India
02:33 Where does Basella grow
03:59 Basella Nutrition
05:06 Basella Health Benefits
07:46 Ingredients for Poi Saag
08:52 How to make Poi Saag
12:44 Various ways how to use Basella
13:45 How to grow Basella at home
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Hello from Bangalore.
Malabar spinach is extensively grown in the Malabar regions of western India.( Western Ghats). Hence the name. While mentioning the South Indian names of Baesella, I must point out that it’s closest is in Kannada, and we call it Basale or Basale soppu. Perhaps thebotanical name is derived from this local name.
Like many Kannadigas, I too grow Basale. It is so easy, that one can say once we plant a cutting, it grows by itself. More like a money plant, asking for so little, giving so much. And wherever it’s seeds fall it propagates. In fact it can be very invasive, if not checked.
Like you have said in the latter part of your very informative video, I make all dishes where “regular” spinach is used, substituting with Malabar spinach. Dal Palak, Palak paneer, alu Palak ...apart from these I mix this with other greens and make traditional “soppu saru” and “ mosaru saru (more kolambu in Tamil). Further I have made bajjis and also Chinese style crackling spinach with Basale. I have made pumpkin Palak similar and raw banana Palak to alu Palak. Here I use the Palak loosely, meaning Malabar spinach.
The leaves are thick and slimy. But the sliminess goes if we fry the leaves in a tsp of oil and then use it.
Malabar spinach is very cooling and we mostly eat it in summer. It is also known to alleviate mouth ulcers.
I have not used mature stems in cooking so far. Thank you for showing how to use it.
Excellent and touching response.
Thanks a ton for this detailed comment.
I will pin it because this will be very useful for our viewers
Thanks once again 😊🙏🏼
@@munchandmull 🙏🙂
Thank you ma'am. Very informative video. In Goa, we call it Vale Bhaji (Valle Bhaji) in Konkani. Its used in soups out here in Goa
We Bengalis know the maximum use of anything and we use it too. It is a different thing that others do not know this. We like it very much. I always have it in my kitchen garden too.
Lovely. .. I love this malhar spinach. ..
Yess...it's really better than spinach....I grow this in my balcony....I use to do Sambar,chutney,rraita and just fry and add little salt and chilly powder it's very delicious ❤
Thanks for your valuable inputs. Regards Sujata from Munch and Mull
Mam superb video. You are really adding values to our lives. The Poi saag has become very tasty. This week I am going to prepare this beautiful recipe. Love you mam.
Thanks a ton, for this encouraging response. Do let me know your feedback after you make this recipe. Regards Sujata from Munch and Mull
Certainly Sujata mam. Your Amla preservation method really worked.
I have that in my garden in nagaland ...it grows fast ... its leaves r a little thicker and it's tasty not bitter ...
Vow! Nice to know that you get it at Nagaland too.
Regards Sujata from Munch and Mull
Thanks for all the information. It was really required since i started to use this type of spinach recently..
Glad you found this useful.
Regards Sujata from Munch and Mull
Iif u like Malabar, try to find Ceylon spinach too, it's similar n milder
When I saw you taste it at the end I knew I had to try it! Great video ❤
Thanks. Regards Sujata from Munch and Mull
Very very beautifully explained.well done
Thanks a ton. Regards Sujata from Munch and Mull
It is an all time favourite among GSB's of Mangalore. We call it Vaali and make a very tasty dish called Vaali ambat using tur dal and coconut with red chillies, tamarind paste and a simple seasoning of onion in coconut oil
Thanks for sharing this interesting recipe. Regards Sujata from Munch and Mull
Pasala keerai or Valli cheera or Basale soppu has a reddish tinge variety too which is what we have at our home.Thank you for this recipe which helps me cook and eat the stem as well!!
Yes, there is the red stem variety too. We have mentioned it in the video.
Nice to know that you are growing it. Regards Sujata from Munch and Mull
You truly have a green thumb dear...be blessed..
The greens in my balcony are thanks to my hubby.☺️. It's his green thumb that's flourishing in our balcony garden. Regards Sujata from Munch and Mull
A great video
Thanks. Regards Sujata from Munch and Mull
I am a Bengali
I like this curry
Thaanks munch and mull
Thanks. Regards Sujata from Munch and Mull
Lady, what menure do you feed it with, that it has grown so lush?
I am from Mangalore, we love Basale I hv tried growing in my small balcony please help me grow it lush like yours. Cowdung menure is best but I don't get it where I live.
When i try to grow, instead of throwing up mote new leaves it gives v few leaves but mature black seeds.
We use a combination of periodic addition of vermi compost, liquid bio inputs like EM or panchagavya (appropriately diluted) and compost.
Lovely
Thanks. Regards Sujata from Munch and Mull
इसे सूखे झींगे के साथ बनाएं बहुत अच्छा लगता है।
We mangalorean regularly use this. In every one's backyard you get this plant. We call this basale in kannada
Thanks for sharing. Regards Sujata from Munch and Mull
Great 👍 0:17
Regards Sujata from Munch and Mull.
In Karnataka it is called BASALE SOPPU .
Thanks for sharing the kannada name. Regards Sujata from Munch and Mull
Hello madam I have been using the red stem species of Poi climber for making Dal. Does the red one have all those benefits which you mentioned in this video?
You are doing a fantastic job by making such informative videos. Thank you so much 🙏🙏
Yes. Red stem pui saag is also beneficial.
Regards Sujata from Munch and Mull.
Hello. Please if possible give the benefits for eating this spinach and recipes too. Thank you very much. Love your videos. 🙏
Benefits of Malabar Spinach are discussed at length in this video. Please watch it again from the start.
Also... I have discussed various ideas for using Malabar Spinach
We love to eat the pakoda
That's nice. Regards Sujata from Munch and Mull
Its called Mayalu in Marathi Konkani.. we make pakodas too... And make the subji adding Sandge/shendgi
Regards Sujata from Munch and Mull
In Telugu its called Bachali kura, and there are 2 varieties in it. One with green stem called Thella bachali and another with purplish maroon stem called Erra Bachali..
The seeds of the maroon plant when squished give a dark purple color.. as kids we played a lot with the seeds pretending it was mehendi or that its blood and we are hurt 😀
Thanks for this interesting sharing. Regards Sujata from Munch and Mull
Geography, botany ,history and cooking.
Thanks. Regards Sujata from Munch and Mull
Will millets cause acne and pimples?? Which one is best in such cases??
In dakshina Kannada we eat both stem as well as leaves .non vegetarian are mixing dry fish while making curry.
Good to know. Regards Sujata from Munch and Mull
Andhra way is tamarind Pulp is added with jaggery to make it a bit gravy & is called bacchalla pulusu
That sounds delicious. Thanks for sharing. Regards Sujata from Munch and Mull
We call it mayaloo in marathi. We eat stems with leaves and cook with chana daal.
Yes,Mayaloo in Marathi. Thanks for sharing. Regards Sujata from Munch and Mull
Mangaloreans too consume stems of Malabar Spinach along with its leaves
Nice to hear that. Regards Sujata from Munch and Mull
We eat stam also we called it telugu bacchli kura
That's nice. Regards Sujata from Munch and Mull
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Thanks. Regards Sujata from Munch and Mull
The slimy portion is very good.... It's soluble fibers very good... Don't wash them out...
Thanks. Regards Sujata from Munch and Mull
I hv the previlage of getting the plant everything season because the season automatically germinate,I hv both rubra and alba in my potsdam and leaves grow bigger than my palm I swear 😊
गूगल made some changes 😮 in the text ,pl understand
Nice to know that you have both the varieties. Regards Sujata from Munch and Mull
We can prepare gravy with tuvar dal
Regards Sujata from Munch and Mull
How to get it's seeds
Link for purchase of seeds and plant from Amazon has been shared in the video description. Sharing it below for your convenience...
www.amazon.in/shop/munchandmull/list/311LL2XDP5ED5
It is full of Folic Acid good for pregnent women
Yes. Regards Sujata from Munch and Mull
Can we use raw leaf in salads
Yes. Regards Sujata from Munch and Mull
This is mayalu.(मायाळू : Maharashtra) It's also known ' पोई /पुई...
There is another type having dark pink /purple thin stems and a bit thin and comparitively small leaves. & if I'm not wrong, it's seeds अरे called 'वावडिंग ' in मराठी.
Thanks for sharing. Regards Sujata from Munch and Mull
@@munchandmull my pleasure. 🤗🙏
Madam some amount of oxalic acid is there in spinach!? Please confirm, any good recipe.
Yes, blanch n remove if u eat leaves every day
I lived in four districts of Malabar for more than 50 years but have never seen this.
Surprising. Regards Sujata from Munch and Mull.
That plant is in the Caribbean where it is called Spinach. It's hardly eaten in Jamaica now. It's just there growing like weed even when it is easier to farm than Callao. Callao is mainly eaten while that Spanish is forgotten. Maybe only a few older people know about it. Younger people are unaware that it is easily grown and a valuable vegetable. Perhaps it's slimy nature turns off today's food providers.
Thanks for sharing this information. Many such food species are disappearing from the diet today.
Very important to preserve this knowledge.
Regards Sujata from Munch and Mull
Mangalorian call it *Basale Soppu*
Vow!!! Similar to the English name. Regards Sujata from Munch and Mull
Simple Malabar Pasalai Soup:-
1) Take 10 or 15 healthy leaves.
2) Wash them well.
3) Put them in a hollow based tava...Add 300/350 ml of water...Add a moderate pinch of turmeric, a pinch of chilli powder,a pinch of pepper powder, a pinch of Zeeragam & finally a pinch of salt...
4) Boil in simmer flame,keep on turning the leaves until the leaves turn brownish green...
5) By now the soup is ready...You can use the souped leaves along with every morsel of any rice you consume...
5) Finally,you can drink the bland soup as your post lunch dessert....
👆I am following this regiment almost every alternate day...
Thanks for sharing this. Regards Sujata from Munch and Mull
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Hello ma'am thank you so much for sharing the health benefits of poi saag🙏🙏It looks so colourful & yummy 😋 😋 😋
What an amazing leaf. I have this growing in my pots but never bothered or gave it the respect it deserves. Will surely take care of it well henceforth 👍👍👍
Im going to try this recipe today
So happy to hear this,Beena.
Enjoy Pui saag.
Regards Sujata from Munch and Mull
In telugu we will say "bachhali kura "
Yes. Regards Sujata from Munch and Mull
We called it poi shaak
Thanks for sharing. Regards Sujata from Munch and Mull
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Spinach Class Room
Regards Sujata from Munch and Mull
In kannada, its called Basale soppu
Thanks for sharing the kannada name. Regards Sujata from Munch and Mull
In kannada it is called basselle sapu
Regards Sujata from Munch and Mull
Difficult to maintain as pigeons eat them
Pigeons and peacock population has risen. So causing a lot of wastage in agricultural fields too.
Regards Sujata from Munch and Mull
Ji ji pigeons not only eat agriculture edible plants but also my tulsi maa and bel partra plant as well its upseting they eat my mulberry plant and fruit which grow few in no. As its small plant in my flat...😢
😁😁😁
Not a ailable ingujrat never seen in vegetable market
Surprising. It's popular in Maharashtra too.
Regards Sujata from Munch and Mull
Easily available here in surat market.
KHAL par aapke recipes ko dekh kar toh kisi ko bhi chef banne ka mann karega!
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Regards Sujata from Munch and Mull
What madam just to make "different" content you are going to mislead people? This is not Indian Spinach It is Basale from which the name originalted In infact No regional names call it anything close to the the regional name for spinach. Let me debunk all the lies in this video.
1. I am from south we eat the stem too.
2. The English name is Malabar spinach for the lack of a name has no resemblence in taste or texture to Spinach.
3. They have resemblence in taste or even when cooking it does not reduce like Spinach and has little more calories. If anyone replaces spinach in Paneer Palak with this they will get a rude shock to their palate.
4. All the Mineral and vitamins you mentioned exist in almost all vegetables. But to call it a nutritional replacement for Spinach is very wrong. Iron is very low while spinach is high. There is not Vitamin K Negligible lutein and not zeaxanthin. No Vitamin E.
The rest of the nutrients are the same.
Yes Basalle has some exclusive health benefits and has a unique tastes so it can never be a replacement to Spinach and I have established that it is not way close to the Spinach and has never been considered as such. It should be a part of balanced diet. It is high in Vitamin C almost 5 times more than Spinach.
You can promote this relatively forgotten vegetable as its very difficult to grow commercially and people stopped using it(THIS IS A FACT THAT WILL MAKE SENSATIONAL CONTENT) it was grown in gutters and sewage as it grows very well there by non-farmers who used to sell it at the market.
And promote its health benefits which even those who consume it don't know about. So There you deserve kudos for the research.
But you don't have to simply make a false comparison to promote this vegetable.
I apologize in advance if you get offended no offense intended I would have put this more politely if I could so sorry if its sounds very blunt. Its my limitation not my intention.
Your response I can see is well intentioned.
So thanks for the detailed rebuttal.
Everything I have said is based on published research papers, so there is no false or incorrect info.
Yes of course the taste is different, there is a sliminess not found in regular spinach, which I have specifically mentioned.
But, one of the names for Basalle IS Indian Spinach, as is Malabar Spinach or Ceylon Spinach.
Yes I am discovering that there is a practice of eating the stem in more parts of India other than West Bengal. But in Tamilnadu & Kerala only leaves are commonly eaten, not stem.
And indeed I stay by my statement that we can use it to make some of the dishes I mentioned in place of Spinach. Yes, the texture will be slightly different but not bad in any way.
But thanks for your comments.
Regards
Sujata
@@munchandmull I never said your information is wrong. It is infact very useful. I am only saying that Basale is not an alternative to spinach. I am sure you have all the nutrient profile of both the vegetables. As I mentioned the benefits of each are different.
Also taste wise texture wise totally different.
You can make Paneer Palak with Basale for example.
Yes I also mentioned that the Modern Slang name for this is Spinach which is wrong it is from a different family. Just because ignorant modern people trying to give it a fancy english name call it Malabar or Cylon Spinach does not make it a spinach. They are wrong. based on that this is can't be called a spinach its a total different species with different nutritional profile with exclusive benefits and very different taste.
I am just pointing out that you might have misled by wrong nonclementure.
Its like there is no word for socks in Kannada.(as it is a relatively knew language became popular around the time of Tipu sultan who made it is official language of governence when parsi did not work which had replaced the earlier Language of Pali and Sanskrit that was the official language) So some modern Kannada linguistics started giving names for such word And they called Socks. Kaal-Cheele" Kaal means food And cheela means bag.
You saying Basale is a substitute for spinach because someon is calling it malabar spinach. Is like saying Sock is a substitute for your grocery bag because is kannada it is called "leg bag" :-P.
See you can stand by your stance. This is the problem with all influencers ego is too much and many don't want to admit they are wrong. I never expected any change I just thought I will call it out.
Not at all the Bengali way of cooking pui saag
Will help if you can key in the Bengali way of cooking Pui saag.
Regards Sujata from Munch and Mull
Thank you..
Very clear instructions.
Between the two spanich..in your opinion which taste better..
Tq.
Spin atche😂😂 pronounce properly madam