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Gotu kola(pennywort) sambol.
Gotu kola(pennywort)sambol. A green salad with chopped gotu kola and freshly scraped coconut gives you one of the healthiest salad in Sri Lankan cuisine.
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 5 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- Please make sure to read the recipe at least once to avoid mistakes.
- Ingredients
- Ingredients mentioned below use standard measuring cups and spoon.
- A bundle or a pack of Gotu kola(Pennywort).
- 1/2 a cup of freshly scraped coconut
- 1 medium-sized tomato chopped fine
- 2 small green chillies chopped
- 5-6 red shallots sliced fine(use regular onions if you can’t find shallots)
- Salt to season
- 2-3 tablespoons of lime juice
Instructions
- 1
If you are using fresh bundles of Gotu kola. remove the leaves with the soft stems included.
- 2
Wash and drain the leaves completely in a colander or large strainer.
- 3
Once drained, chop the leaves thin and fine.
- 4
If you are using prepacked and chopped leaves follow the next step in the recipe instruction.
- 5
Place the leaves in a large bowl, add the fresh coconut, chopped green chillies, onions, salt to season and finally the lime juice as required.
- 6
Combine all ingredients well for a few minutes.
- 7
Taste, season with salt if necessary.