Sambar Cheera

Sambar Cheera

Cheera with more water content. It can be added in sambar which will give a thick gravy. Flowers are of violet colour. Its leaves and stems are used to make sambar and thoran. Locally its called 'Sambar cheera'.

Ponnankanni cheera

I was astonished by his words. He was my cousin and also a busy herbal consultant by proffession. Among the grass in front of our home he pointed out 'Ponnankanni cheera' I had not yet noticed that leafy vegetable. He told that its good for our eyes, especially children.
For better health we must turn towards nature.
Other cheera varieties are
Sambar cheera, kuppa cheera, mullan keera, madhura cheera, thazhuthama, agathi cheera, valli cheera, kozhuppa and thakara.

Mullan cheera

A variety of Cheera like pacha cheera with green leaves, but they have thorns in the stem. This leafy vegetable is a medicine to urinary infection.

Velicheera

Cheera

Dried chanakam using as the main manure for cheera

Pachacheera is more nutritious than the red one

'Cheera krishi' from my chitta's house at Changanacherry. They are very tasty. They use only chanakam(cow dung) and gomuthram as the fertilizers and pukayilakazhayam as pesticides. Whenever I buy cheera from shop it will not cook well, may be because of the chemical fertilizers.

Thazhuthama-Pictures from Kochi

Pachacheera -Shots taken from Thammanam

Cheera(spinach) is the widely availabe leafy vegetable in Kerala. Mainly its of two types, pacha cheera(green)and chumanna cheera(purple in colur). This leafy vegetable is rich with vitamins, minerals and anti oxidants. The other cheera varieties are velicheera(mysore cheera), sambar cheera, kuppa cheera, valli cheera, ponnamkanni cheera, agathi cheera, mullan keera, madhura cheera, kozhuppa, thakara and thazhuthama.

Most popular dishes with cheera include cheera avial with chakka kuru, vellarikka and manga.
Cheera thoran is also a tasty and nutritious for children.
Popoye the cartoon character always eats spinach for vigorous attacks. I always tell this to my son to eat some cheera for good health.

Dasha pushpam-Ten sacred flowers will bring health and wealth to our family

Velicheera(mysore cheera)

Velicheera is a very common plant in Kerala. It is in the cheera family and its pure green leave with rich vitamin A. It has high medicinal values. The top part(the tender stems) of this cheera is used to make 'thoran'. It is usually planted as hedges (veli) so it is called velicheera. It need not have much nourishing.