Yesterday I got some fresh hippali from the garden of a relative. They were very fresh and I asked her ‘what do you do with this’!? She replied that she prepares tambuli and it was actually new to me. Today I prepared the tambuli which was very tasty & aromatic.
Hippali/ pippali, name sounds familier? Or it is new
to you? Whatever, it is really worth knowing about this wonderful herb. If you
are a follower of Ayurveda, then obviously you must have come across this.
It is generally known by the name pippali or pipli
that is it’s Sanskrit name and it is called as hippali in kannada. It is
referred by the name ‘Long pepper’ in English and it belongs to the family
Piperaceae which is the same family of black pepper plant. Botanical name of
this plant is Piper longum and is usually grown for its edible fruit which is a
great ayurvedic medicine. It can be easily grown in a shady area with regular
water supply just to maintain the soil moisture.
When talking about the benefits of hippali, it has
many of them. Nature being heat (Ushna), it is wonderful remedy for cold and
related issues such as cough, fever, respiratory tract infection. It also
improves immunity, digestion and beneficial in digestive system disorders. It
is believed to be good for children having breathing difficulties and low
immune system. We have a practice of giving this to the infants (after 10 days
of birth) along with other herbs like baje, shunti, jeshta madhu, nutmeg… which
is called as *‘suttu maddu’ (where suttu is round & maddu is medicine). This
name because, all these ingredients are rubbed on a rough surface (like flat
stone) just once and given to the baby. This tells the importance and uses of
these herbs. It is a preventive measure to cough, cold & indigestion.
Pippali is available in dried form in Ayurvedic stores. One can also try
growing it in the kitchen garden.
*Before giving anything to infants, please consult a certified medical practitioner and make sure the baby is not under any special condtion!
*Before giving anything to infants, please consult a certified medical practitioner and make sure the baby is not under any special condtion!
I am
sharing the recipe of hippali tambuli here. No cooking required for this than just a seasoning!
Preparation
Time: 10 minutes
Serves:
2
Ingredients:
Freshly
picked Pippali/ long pepper – 8 – 10
Fresh
grated coconut – ¼ cup
Salt
– To taste
Fresh
buttermilk/ curds – ½ cup
Oil
– 1 tsp
Mustard
seeds – ½ tsp
Dry
red chilli – 1
Curry
leaves – 1 sprig
Method:
- Wash pippali clean and take them in a small wet mixer jar.
- Add grated coconut, salt and grind to smooth paste.
- Transfer it to the serving bowl. Add buttermilk/ curds.
- Adjust the consistency as required by adding water.
- Prepare a seasoning of oil, mustard and broken red chilli. On spluttering, add curry leaves and add it to the tambuli.
- Serve fresh tambuli with rice and other side dish of preference.
- If fresh pippali/ hippali is not available, then you can add powdered dry pippali (1/2 tsp)
- This tambuli is good for digestion.
- Cumin seeds (1/2 tsp) can be added with hippali while grinding. Then the flavor changes completely.
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