Celery Stalk Curry

Celery Stalk, a super food with amazing healing properties. It reduces high blood pressure and lower the risk of cancer. This is been in use for centuries in Asia as a folk remedy for high blood pressure. 

I would like to present a story on this occasion from natures health foods. In the United States, it took one man with high blood pressure and persistence to persuade researchers at the University of Chicago Medical Centre to put this remedy to the scientific test.

The story began when a man named Mr. Lee was diagnosed with mild high blood pressure.

Rather than cutting back on salt as his doctor advised, he began eating a quarter-pound (about four celery-stalks) of celery per day.

Within a week his blood pressure had dropped from 158/96 to 118/82.

It was decided to put celery-stalks to the test. My request to everybody is please be advised by professionals.

But don't overdo it and start eating celery by the pound.Celery does contain sodium, one stalk contains 35 milligrams, and for some people this can cause blood pressure to go up rather than down.Eating a ton of celery can be dangerous if you have salt-sensitive hypertension.This is a attempt of Celery Stalk, Indian way.

Preparation Time: 30 min

Cuisine: Indian

Source: My friend, Mahitha

Ingredients:

5-6 Celery Stalks, chopped

1 onion chopped

8-10 curry leaves

1/2 cup milk

1 green chilli chopped

salt to taste

1/2 tsp garam masala (Spices Powder)

For Tempering:

1 tsp oil

dash turmaric

2 cloves

1/2 tsp cinnamon powder

dash hing

1. Heat the oil in a vessel, add cloves, cinnamon, turmaric, curry leaves, hing saute for a minute add chilli and onion to it, let it fry until onion turns into golden yellow colour.

2. Add chopped celery, salt, cover the lid, let it cook for 10 min, stirring ocassionaly.

3. Once it is cooked, add milk to it and cook for 5 min without lid.

4. Add garam masala before dishingout.

5. Serve with plain warm rice.

For Telugu people it tastes like Thotakura kadalu curry.