Purslane Salad Video
Purslane Salad from Dilek on Vimeo.
Purslane grows everywhere in Turkey. It is also known as Verdolaga, Pigweed, Little Hogweed or Pusley. In fact it is a kind of weed and it grows naturaly. We use it as salad with every kind of dish. Eating purslane is healty for everyone especially pregnants. Purslane has lots of nutritional benefits for our health because Purslane contains Omega 3, vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin B, magnesium, calcium, potassium and iron..
We sometimes pick up from garden or purchase from the bazaar. Today again my husband made this yummy Purslane Salad. Purslane Salad is made from purslane , garlic, yogurt and a pinch of salt.
Garlic is an important plant for everyone because Garlic prevents heart disease, high cholesterol, high blood pressure and cancer and also garlic has cardiovascular benefits.
This is the recipe of Purslane Salad:
Wash a bunch of purslane perfectly then cut them from the middle then take out of the root part after that put it in a bowl and pour water in it and add vinegar in it. Addding vinegar is good for the microbic organismas. Vinegar cleans the microbic organismas from the purslane and like other fresh weeds or vegetables. After cleaning, chop the purslane well and put it in a bowl then mash 3 or 4 cloves of garlic then add the mashed garlic and yogurt in it. Then sprinkle a pinch of salt in it then mix them perfectly. It is ready. Purslane Salad goes very well with Turkish Raki as a savory food. Enjoy.
Chef E on Mon, 20th Jul 2009 2:50 pm
Wow this is an interesting salad, and I wish I could try it! Like that music you have with the video too…tribal sounds…
Diana on Mon, 20th Jul 2009 4:03 pm
I have purslane growing in a pot near the garden. The rest of the purslane in the yard gets mowed, but the stuff in the pot will be used for salad. Thanks for the ideas.
Jessie on Mon, 3rd Aug 2009 2:32 pm
that is a very interesting salad and I learned something new about purslane!