Pennywort Salad Recipe with Carrot | Gotu Kola/Vallarai Sambal

This time I am going to show you how to make a healthy green vegetable dish, Pennywort salad recipe. Many people make this Pennywort salad alone, but adding carrot, onion, and grated coconut give you a different taste for sure. Pennywort green vegetable, commonly known as Centella, Gotu Kola (Sinhala), Vallarai (Tamil) is one of the healthy vegetables Sri Lankans often make for lunch. When you have all the ingredients, give it a try, I am sure you will love it. Alright, let’s see how to make Pennywort salad recipe with carrot, onion, and grated coconut in Sri Lankan style.

My Favorite Combos

1. This Recipe + Rice + Chicken Curry + Eggplant Curry + Rasam
2. This Recipe + Rice + Shrimp Curry/Squid Curry + Dhal Curry + Tomato Rasam
3. This Recipe + Rice + Eggplant & Tomato Curry + Radish Curry

Pennywort Salad Recipe with Carrot

Ingredients

• Pennywort/Centella Asiatica/Gotu Kola/Vallarai – 50g
• Carrot – 100g
• Onion – 40g
• Green chili – 3 to 5
• Grated coconut – 2 tablespoons
• Salt – As you need
• Lime – ½

Instructions

1. Take the bunch of pennyworts and a carrot. Clean and wash them well. Scrape the carrot using a scrapper and chop the pennywort as shown in the picture below.

2. Chop the onion and green chilies. Also, get ready with grated coconut, salt, and lime.

3. Take the bowl and add scraped carrot and chopped pennywort. On top of that, add onion, green chili, grated coconut, and salt.

4. Mix them well using a spoon.

5. Finally, add the lime juice and give a good mix until all combined.

6. Taste the salad and adjust salt or lime if needed.

7. This is how to male easy pennywort salad recipe with carrot, onion, and grated coconut.

Notes

1. If you don’t like more spiciness, reduce the number of green chilies.

2. Grated coconut is one of the main ingredients. If it is hard to find, still you can try this without grated coconut.

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