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Thuthuvilai Soup

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Indications
  • Aphrodisiac
  • Brain stimulant
  • Expectorant
  • It increases memory power
  • Is a stimulant
  • Relieves anorexia
  • Removes congestion in chest, nerve, nose and head
  • Works as an instant bronchodilator
  • Nerve tonic
  • Relieves skin troubles
  • Very good for cold, cough and asthma
  • Tonic
Ingredients

Solanum indicum (Thuthuvilai) - 10-15 leaves
Ginger - 25 gm
Cumin seeds - little
Adathoada vasica - 1 leaf
Garlic - 3 cloves.
Mint leaves - 10 leaves.
Onion - 1 no
Pepper - 1 pinch
Rock salt for taste
Hing - 1 pinch
Barley - for making water
Ghee - ½ spoons

Method

Heat the leaves in a pan with ghee and keep aside. Roast the cumin seeds until they pop. Add all the ingredients and fry for a few minutes. Now add barley water to the mixture and allow it to simmer. Boil for 45min. to 1hr. Serve the soup after adding salt and pepper.

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Member Comments ( 1 )
Can we get a Indian name, that is (Hindi or Marathi name) for the leaves which we will have to buy. Or atleast a photograph of the leaf.
(Posted by Rema.iyer, India Date : 12/14/2009 )
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