Nithya Vazhuthana Mezhukkupuratti || Clove Beans Fry || Ep No : 120



Clove Beans / Ipomoea Muricta is a special type of crop which can be grown through out the year and gets the beans almost every day and hence it is called as Nithya Vazhuthana in Malayalam.It is a particular type of vine plant with small bunches of fruits in it.Those fruits when it is in very tender stage can be used for preparing various type of dishes.The fruit of the plant are long pedicles and swollen tips like bulb.This vegetable was well known by the elderly people in the past days. where as the younger generation are not aware of this vegetable now a days.This a vegetable looks like a cross between a tiny brinjal stalk and a gigantic jasmine bud.

Seed type : Open pollinated

Plant Type : Annual

Fruit Color : Green

Flower Color : Violet

Sowing Time : Winter

Sowing Method : Direct from the seed

Germination time : 4 to 6 days

Growing Container : Garden Bed or Twelve inch Pot

Harvesting : Two to Three Months After Sowing 

Ingredients Required:

Clove Beans - 250 Grams

Big Onion - One

Green Chilies - Three 

Curry Leaves - Two Sticks

Fresh Coconut Oil - Two Teaspoons

Water - Quarter Cup

Salt - As Per Taste

 Method Of Preparation 

 Take 250 grams of clove beans, wash under running water.

Chop each clove beans into four portions lengthwise.

Switch on the flame and keep a pan.

Add chopped clove beans to it.

Add quarter glass of water and adequate salt to it,mix well.

Cover and cook on medium flame.

When it boils keep on low flame and cook well.

Now add chopped one big onion and three green chilies, stir well.

Cover and cook well.

When water dries off, check salt and add two sticks of curry leaves.

If cooked well,add two teaspoons of fresh coconut oil.

Stir well for two to three minutes.

Switch off the flame and serve with hot rice.



Clove Beans Plant

If there is a plant of clove beans at home , it gives beans every day for preparing stir fries , and hence it hot its name.

It is a creeper plant which doesn't need any special attention.

It has got a violet color flower which gets special attraction .

There are seeds at the tip of its flowers.About two to three seeds will be present in every flower.

These seeds are used for planting when it is dried well.

When the seed dried off, it gets black colour, which is the ideal one for planting.

The plant starts to flourish and produce beans after three months of planting.

It requires good sunlight to grow and need water and fertilizers.

If given fertilizer once in every two weeks , then the plant produces more clove beans.

Health Benefits

It is a good source for potassium, calcium , vitamin c, magnesium and sulfur.

It strengthens bones and teeth.

Clove beans reduces cholesterol levels by elevating the values of High density cholesterol, which is the good cholesterol for the body.

It balances blood pressure level and Diabetes Mellitus.

It promotes cardiac health.

Clove beans relives constipation and other gastric diseases.

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