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Gotu Kola Sambola/Gotu Kola Salad

written by Amila Gamage Wickramarachchi February 18, 2013
Gotu Kola Sambola
Gotu Kola Sambola

Gotukola sambola recipe

 

Gotukola Sri Lanka
Gotu kola sambolaΒ  or gotukola salad is a delicious and healthy dish from Sri Lanka. In Sri Lanka, we have a habit of adding at least one green for our meal. Most of the greens are eaten raw as sambola/salad. One of the popular green leaves among them is Gotu Kola.

Gotukola Salad

Gotukola

Gotu kola (Centella asiatica) has many health benefits. In Sri Lanka, it is being used for traditional Ayurveda medicine. Mainly it is good for memory and brain. Other than that, it is good for eyes, hair, blood vessels, skin and there are so many benefits. Just search for β€˜Gotu Kola’. You may amaze with its super health benefits.
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We mainly eat Gotu kola raw as a salad and also include the root of it to be more healthier. I really don’t like its taste once it is cooked into curry or mallung. But another way of having this plant is as a herbal porridge.(kola kanda)
This is one of our favourites. I can still eat a plate of this salad with added fresh lime juice. May be it is due to habit of my mother. She frequently added this to our meals saying it enhance our memory.
Gotukola Salad
Here is the Sri Lankan recipe for Gotu kola sambola/salad.

Recipe : Gotukola Sambola

Ingredients (for 2-3 servings)
Β 
Handful of Β Gotu kola (Centella asiatica)
Β½ cup fresh grated coconut
2-3 small red onion/shallots sliced
2 green chili sliced
Salt to taste
1 tbspn lime juice
Method
Β 
Wash and clean Gotu kola. If gotu kola are with roots; clean the roots well and wash away thoroughly for any sand. Slice Gotu kola into very thin pieces. When it is thinner, sambola will be tastier.
Slice onion and green chili.
In a bowl, mix sliced gotukola,fresh coconut, onion, green chili and salt together with lime juice.
Gotukola sambola is ready to serve.
Gotukola Salad
Notes:
Mix the all ingredients just before serve to keep the freshness and taste.
Use fresh coconut and lime juice for more taste.
See also : Thebu kola sambola

 

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Amila Gamage is the blogger behind Food Corner. She shares her cooking adventures in this blog. Apart from recipes, you will also find travel, health and kitchen inspirations in this blog. She started writing this blog in 2011 and still continuing.

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27 comments

Engineers Love Cooking February 18, 2013 - 12:58 am

This gotu kola known as pegaga in Malaysia. This herb can reduce fever for dangue fever if we cook it as soup.

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Amy February 18, 2013 - 4:13 am

that’s a great information,thanks,I didnt know that before…

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Love to Experiment February 18, 2013 - 1:34 am

Have never tried this one. Should see if we can get it here

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Amy February 18, 2013 - 4:13 am

it is really delicious and healthy….

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Latha Madhusudhan February 18, 2013 - 4:14 am

Wow I love this, so healthy and I luv greens too.

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Divya Shivaraman February 18, 2013 - 4:26 am

amy…never knew all these recipes. one fact about its health benefits makes the dish tempting to taste

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Shirley Tay February 18, 2013 - 7:47 am

Very nice greens & healthy too!

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Julie February 18, 2013 - 1:11 am

looks very tempting in the banana leaf,yumm:)

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Amy February 18, 2013 - 4:14 am

thanks Julie….yes,food in banana leaf are always delicious…

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Sheena December 29, 2019 - 9:57 pm

Hi Amy, I just got back from Sri Lanka and loved this Sambol so much. I don’t think we can get Gotu Kola leave where I live, can you suggest a substitute?

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Amila Gamage Wickramarachchi December 30, 2019 - 5:00 pm

Hi Sheena,Glad you liked Gotu kola sambola much during your stay in Sri lanka.I am sure you enjoyed your holiday! Yes,you may not find Gotu Kola in your country or it may not popular in markets.It is same for me in Singapore.Therefore I have tried same sambola recipe with other greens.Arugula is my latest finding and it is perfect as a raw sambola.I tried with Fenugreek leaves and it came out delicious too.You can also use young leaves of Passion fruit if easily available.The taste may be different slightly as these are different leaves.But,still delicious and we love the taste.Please check below links for the related recipes with other leaves.
https://foodcnr.com/sri-lankan-arugula-sambola/
https://foodcnr.com/passion-fruit-leaves-sambola/
https://foodcnr.com/fenugreek-leaves-salad-uluhal-kola/

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Sanoli Ghosh February 18, 2013 - 1:39 pm

Love greens always. This is totally new to me dear. Looks delightful.

today’s recipe:

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tara bubb February 18, 2013 - 6:09 pm

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Priya February 18, 2013 - 10:47 am

Very new and definitely a super healthy salad.

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EncourageSpice February 18, 2013 - 3:27 pm

love this salad , i am craving , so simple .lovely clicks

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Veena Theagarajan February 19, 2013 - 12:10 am

never heard it.. looks healthy and love the color of it

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Maha Gadde February 19, 2013 - 3:15 am

very innovative recipe dear..

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Ummu Azi February 19, 2013 - 5:08 am

new to me ….healthy dish… loved that color..nice click..

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Cathleen February 19, 2013 - 9:46 pm

Ooh, this looks fantastic!! It sure looks healthy πŸ™‚

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Rita Bose February 20, 2013 - 5:56 am

Looks delicious! Thanx for sharing! Wonderful snaps!!

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Rani's gourmet February 22, 2013 - 4:13 pm

wow …it looks simply superb..it is a common plant in kerala but never known that it is edible..thanks for sharing this..

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Pavithra February 25, 2013 - 5:49 am

I don’t think we get Gotu kola in India.
Nevertheless, it is very inviting as always πŸ™‚

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Rachna April 16, 2018 - 6:25 pm

@pavithra…..These are called BRAHMI leaves In India and are very easily available.
It is used in a lot of Ayurvedic medicines and homemade oils too.

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Dhanish Kumar March 13, 2013 - 11:08 am

It’s been very long time since i had gotukala, after coming to singapore i didn’t have chance to eat. BTW where do you get gotukala in Singapore, i’m quite sure the Gotukola in little india not the same as in Sri Lanka isnt’ it?
Nice post with lots of information.

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Amila Wickramarachchi March 14, 2013 - 7:12 am

thanks for the comment,yes,Gotukola which we buy from Little India is a different type.
This is from Sri Lanka.
Whoever come from Sri Lanka to visit us,I ask them to bring some Gotukola and some other greens…. πŸ™‚

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Sharmini Jayawardena May 18, 2020 - 1:10 am

Hi,
Thanks very much for the share. First time finding out about adding the roots to the sambol. I will be trying out the recipe as soon as my gotukola crop yields next 😊 Can’t wait to try.

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Amila Gamage Wickramarachchi May 25, 2020 - 12:35 pm

We add roots too to the Gotukola sambola due to its benefits.It is known as a memory enhancer. :)Be sure to wash properly to remove sand/soil. πŸ™‚

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