Seenthilkodi kootu

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This is one leaf, that i have been searching for years, ever since guruji said amla + kalkandu, guduci + honey and omam with salt are powerful rejuvenators. Amla and kalkandu cleans my intestines instanteously almost like castor oil. Mom is yet to find this leaf.

Ingredients

• Tinospora cordifolia | गुडूची |  சீந்தில் கொடி
• Turmeric powder
• To remove bitterness: Conch shell powder | betel nut powder | latex of banyan leaves | leaves of banyan | rice water
• Ullundu powder | black gram
• Black pepper
• Cumin see
• Sendha salt
• Ghee

Preparation of Seendhilkodi kootu and its properties:

• The lovely leaves of Seendhilkodi should be taken
• The bitter taste of Seendhilkodi should be removed with termeric powder, conch shell powder or by powder of betel nut or the latex of Banyan or banyan leaves or by rice water
• After removing bitterness, it should be put in a vessel
• It should be mixed with powdered blackgram, black pepper, cumin seeds and sendha salt
• There after it should be fried/sauted in ghee
• These leaves become nectar like when they are fried in ghee.
• This preparation is relishable, strength promoter, allieviates tridosha
• It is appetizer and enhances tissues

ततोSमृतालतोत्पन्नं पर्णमानीय शोभनम् । तत्तिक्तमोचनं कुर्यान्निशाचूर्णेन यत्नतः ॥ ४६२ ॥
शंखचूर्णेन वा कुर्यात् क्रमुकस्य फलेन वा । तरुदुग्धेन वा कुर्यात्तद्दलैस्तण्डुलेन वा ॥ ४६३ ॥
अनेनैव प्रकारेण त्यक्ततिक्तञ्च तद्दलम् । प्रक्षिपन् तद्दलैर्माषं मरीचाजाजि सैन्धवम् ॥ ४६४ ॥
घृतेन भर्जयेत्तस्मात् तेन त्वमृतभर्जितम् । रुच्यं बल्यं त्रिदोषघ्नं दीपनं धातुवर्द्धनम् ॥ ४६४ ॥

P. 70 of Pākdarpaṇa of Nala by Dr. Madhulika