Quick & easy Celery veggie side dish.

Celery leaves are used for seasoning, chopped and used as a garnish (similar to parsley), but more frequently cooked in soups or sauces to improve the taste. The leaves are more nutritious than the stalk. 

It is a biennial European plant in the parsley family, having edible roots, leafstalks, leaves, and fruits. They have crisp thick leafs stalks. It has shorter stems and more leaves.

Celery is highly perishable, and should be kept refrigerated.

Don't throw out the top leaves of celery. Wash them, dry them, and pulverize them. Add an equal amount of salt and use for seasoning in soups or salads.

Health benefits-

Celery is fairly high in roughage and low in calories. Its high water content makes it an especially good food to eat with foods that are more concentrated, particularly heavy starches. It is an alkaline food and should be classified as a protective food. The greener stalks of celery are an especially good source of vitamin A, and celery is also a good source of vitamins B1 and G. It is rich in chlorine, sodium, potassium, and magnesium.

Celery is generally known as a sodium food, and sodium is what we call the youth maintainer in the body. Sodium helps keep us young and active and the muscles limber and pliable. Whenever there is stiffness in the joints and creaking or cracking in the knees, we know we are lacking in sodium. Sodium is the one element that most people lack.

Celery should be eaten often because it is one of the best foods for keeping the body well. It neutralizes acids and is a good blood cleanser. It has protective properties that are beneficial to both the brain and the nervous system. Celery is an excellent food for people suffering from arthritis, neuritis, and rheumatism. It can Celery aids digestion, counteracts acidosis, halts fermentation, and purifies the bloodstream. \

Celery is best eaten raw, preferably in the form of combination vegetable salads. 

Quick & easy Celery veggie side dish...

Ingredients-

Fresh Celery leaves - 2 cups ( chopped)

Pieces of Onion, Tomato, carrot, cabbage, cucumber, capsicum, Spring onion pieces and 1-2 cups of fresh curds.

Pepper powder- ½ tsp.

Salt to taste.

Method

Clean & finely chop celery and keep it in a bowl.

Make thin or cubical slices of above mentioned vegetable.

Add salt,  pepper powder and Mix well.

Now top with fresh curds n serve as a side dish.

You can even add fresh cream to make it calorie rich.