Gotu Kola (Vallarai) is a commonly use green in Sri Lanka. This green can be served as a salad or as porridge. Botanical name of this green is Centella asiatica (Wiki). Adding this green leafy vegetable in your meal/diet will add more nutritional value to your meal. It has many medicinal values.
Ingredients:-
| Gotu Kola (Chopped) | 1 Bunch |
| Shallots (Chopped) | 6 |
| Green Chili (Finely Chopped) | 3 |
| Fresh grated coconut | 2 TBS |
| Lime Juice | 1/2 TSP |
| Freshly ground pepper | ½ TSP |
| Salt | 1/4 TSP or to taste |
How I made it:-
- Wash the Gotu Kola and chop finely. Set aside.
- Chop the shallots and green chili.
- In a medium bowl mix gotu kola, onion, green chili, grated coconut, pepper and salt together.
- Lastly add lime juice and mix again.
- Serve this fresh and nutritious salad immediately as a side.
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This sambol looks super healthy and yummy, if you don’t mind can you give the translation of gotu kola in tamil, so that I can try to find out where I can get those greens…
Thanks a lot for sharing.
Ahhh i really wanted to mention it in my post. But some how forgot. Gotu Kola is “Vallarai keerai”. Thanks for reminding me Priya
New to me Dhanish.. Looks delicious and healthy 🙂
Ohh Love the sambal!! Also love the mix up of simple flavors!!
Very authentic and humble!!
Thanks a lot dear 🙂
Very healthy! will try
Thanks For stopping by. Do visit often. Do give a try. Very healthy Sambol.
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Love !!! this Gotu kola sambol. My sister-in-Law made this once and i fell in- love with it.
I am a Filipina, married to a Sri Lankan. This recipes are helpful to me as i try to learn and cook simple Sri Lankan dishes for my husband.
Thank you for posting your simple to do but tasty recipes.
Hi Cecille, Glad you are here, Thanks for your lovely feed back. Enjoy your cooking. 🙂
Add grated raw mango instead of lemon juice …. tastes yummy!!
That’s adds an interesting flavour to this sambol. Thanks for sharing. Happy Cooking Meena.
Dhanish, We normally beat Gotu Kola leaves, green chili, onions, coconut, and salt in a grinder and do not use pepper. Today, I tried your recipe and it is great. Thanks for sharing. Saves some time using the grinder and then washing it. Gotu Kola has so many health benefits, is grown large scale in the USA and some companies are making all kinds of supplements using Gotu Kola..
Hi Ganeshan,
Thanks for your comment. Yes it has many medicinal values. Good to hear that you getting these healthy leaves in USA too. 🙂
Happy Cooking 🙂