Aloe vera ki sabzi -A very healthy and nutritious stir fry made with Aloe Vera
Aloe Vera is also known as – Gwarpatha, Kwar gandal and Ghrit Kumari. The Aloe Vera plant has many cosmetic and medicinal properties.
It is full of antibiotics which will fight off infections. It cures ulcers,prevents constipation, cures bacterial infections inside the stomach,reduces cholesterol, regulates blood sugar, soothens joint inflammation especially arthritis related swelling and much more.
I had always heard of Aloe Vera being had in the form of a juice, or the gel being used as an ointment, so I tried making a aloe vera ki sabzi out of it, and I must say I was very surprised on how good the results turned out to be!
There are many types of aloe vera’s available, But all are not edible ,some are bitter in taste so not advisable to consume,sweet variety of aloevera is dark and bright in colour and have less thorns and have shiny transparent jel inside .
Use the sweet variety of aloevera to make this aloe vera ki subzi /curry(do taste aloe before making)
Do try these aloe vera recipes-
Aloe Vera sabzi / Gwarpatha Ki Subzi
Ingredients
- 350 grams Aloe Vera Leaves (4 cup chopped) *
- 3 tbsp Raisins / Kishmish
- 1 tsp Salt / Namak
- 1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder / Haldi Powder
- 1 tsp Red Chilli powder / Laal mirch powder
- 3/4 tsp Mango Powder / Amchoor Powder
- 3 tbsp Cooking Oil
- 1/2 tsp Cumin Seeds / Sabut Jeera
- 1/4 tsp Asafoetida / Hing powder
- 1/2 tsp Sugar / Chini
- 1.5 tbsp Yogurt / Dahi
Instructions
- Wash and peel the sides of aloe vera steam to remove the thorns.
- Chop into thin slices and pressure cook for 2 whistles with 1 glass of water.
- Wash with cold water( the water in which you have boiled the aloe vera can be used for making chappati dough )
- Heat oil in a pan then add cumin and asafotida.
- When seeds start crackling, add turmeric and boiled aloe vera and saute for one minute
- Now add curd ,raisins and all the spices and stir fry for approx.2 minutes
- Take out in a bowl and serve hot or cold.(around 2-3 tbls subzi at a time)
- Serving Suggestions - Serve with Roti, Rice or as a side dish.
I tried making this recipe. Turned out horrid in taste. Maybe not used to the new taste of the vegetable itself.
Hi Zarine-all aloe veras are not suitable for eating as some are bitter in taste so do check and taste the raw aloe vera before cooking,edible aloevera taste blend and absorb the spice flavours.
All bitter vegetables are good for health. Cleanse the blood. Karela is too bitter but health wise is wonderful
anjanaskc, i love your comment. Amijan would probably speak out too. Aloe Vera fresh juice better .
nice simple and very healthy sabzi. i try and serve with ma family. thanks for sharing .. you doing great job…
ALOE VERA SUBZI / GWARPATHA KI SUBZI – great sabzi, i like it. simple and easy to make. i like aloe Vera put on face – but i didnt use as sabzi … i tired one and serve with my lovely family. great job keep it up!!!!
It has been used as vegetable for long. The bitter Aloe Vera was put in to ash and kept for few hour and then washed. Then it was cooked as recipe.
Wow, what a wonderful recipe!
Did You ever try a juice with aloe? I bought one with the addition of peaches and it taste very good:)
I found it on aloespolska
I must try Your recip really!;)
Best wishes!
@Genera-the variety I used was not bitter,just boiling is enough to make it eatable.
Aloe Vera is very bitter. How did you remove the bitterness before cooking?
just eating this Aloe vera Subji. I like it. Thanks.
I grew up on this and my mum's bhabhi made this so well. We always looked forward to our trips to Bikaner so we could have this with other Rajasthani dishes! cannot wait to try it! thanks for bringing back so many memories with te food u cook!
Donna
aloe vera as a subji.. never imagined it.. first time on ur blog.. loving ur recipes…
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Wow never heard of this use of aloe , is this a traditional or one of your innovation Anjanaji
Amazing my mother is a huge fan of aloe actually we always tease her..this is so innovative bookmarked.
Nice recipe. I use Aloe vera a lot but mostly in raw form. In my fruit smoothies or as a juice. Even the raw gel eaten as it is. Never cooked it and I am not sure if throwing away the cooking stock would be a good idea.
fabulous and innovative
Sounds interesting! I have never cooked aloe vera leaves .I know that some eat that jelly but this is very new to me
I also did not know we could cook aloe vera..though I've heard about juice…sounds good
wow never knew Alo Vera can be cooked… looks very nice..
-Mythreyi
Yum! Yum! Yum!
very innovative sabzi,delicious..always used aloe vera for cosmetic purpose!!
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Different recipe,sounds yummy
Never know we can cook aleo vera this way, fabulous subzi.
I have never had aloe vera stir fry, thanks for the recipe:-)
tempting indeed…mouthwatering dish & the clicks!
I never knew that this can be used in cooking.. great to know now.. looks very good
Hi Maayeka ,
Till now i never heard this
Maayeka!!!
WWWoWWw, Very healthy and it has
many medicinal values…
Thanks for sharing Dear….
I had no idea that you can cook and eat aloe vera…looks amazing.
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wow….never cooked Aloe vera….really useful recipe….superb
wow.. very interesting recipe with aloe vera.. never heard of it…
this is really good…….what an excellent way to make use of the plant!
really healthy stir fry
aloe vera i had heard in cosmetics plus i used this in farmville games on fb. hehe this is the first time i m seeing sabzi made out of it.
looks good and different anjana