Description

What is it

Manathakkali (Solanum nigrum), the black nightshade, known as Kakamachi in Sanskrit, is one of the best-loved keerai (greens) of Tamil Nadu. Its tender leaves are cooked into poriyal and kootu, and its berries are sun-dried into vathal for kuzhambu.

Siddha tradition values manathakkali as a nourishing everyday green. Our powder is made from the leaves alone, so you can enjoy this keerai even when fresh bunches aren’t at the market.

What Makes This Different

• Leaf only. Made from manathakkali leaves, the part cooked as keerai.
• Keerai on your shelf. Carefully dried to keep the leaf’s own green colour and mild flavour.
• Single ingredient. 100% Manathakkali leaf, with no fillers, flavouring or blending agents.

What It Does

• A nourishing traditional green. Valued in Siddha practice as part of everyday nourishment.
• Made for Tamil cooking. Stir into kootu, dal, soup or poriyal.
• Mild and comforting. Its gentle, slightly bitter flavour blends easily into home cooking.
• A keerai with a summer pantry twin. The same plant gives manathakkali vathal, its berries sun-dried and fried, a much-loved addition to Tamil vathal kuzhambu.

A Keerai That Never Goes Out of Season

Fresh manathakkali keerai comes and goes with the market, but the habit of cooking it has stayed in Tamil homes for generations. FounditGood Manathakkali Leaf Powder keeps this comforting green ready all year round.

Summary of Benefits

• A nourishing traditional Siddha green
• A favourite Tamil keerai for kootu and dal
• Mild, comforting and easy to cook with
• Available all year, ready to use
• 100% Manathakkali leaf, single-ingredient, no fillers
• Stone-ground in small batches and periodically third-party lab tested

How to Use It

In cooking: Stir 1 teaspoon into kootu, dal, soup or poriyal towards the end of cooking.

Everyday glass: Stir ¼ to ½ teaspoon into warm water or buttermilk once a day.

Storage: Keep in an airtight container, away from heat, light and moisture. Use a dry spoon.

If you are pregnant or breastfeeding, taking medication, or giving it to children, please check with your healthcare practitioner first.

The FounditGood Promise

For more than a decade, from our home in Pollachi at the foot of the Western Ghats, we have prepared Siddha and Ayurvedic herbs for families across India and customers in many countries around the world. Every pouch carries the same quiet promise: the right herb, prepared the right way.

• Traditional knowledge, carried forward. We prepare each herb the way South Indian tradition intends: the right plant part, cleaned, dried and processed with care.
• Sourcing we can stand behind. A deeply integrated supply chain, built over years with growers and gatherers we know, keeps every herb traceable and every batch consistent.
• Stone-ground, in small batches. Our herbs are ground slowly on stone and in small quantities, so each batch is carefully watched from start to finish.
• Clean label, clean process. Nothing added, nothing hidden: no fillers, colours, flavours or preservatives, made in an FSSAI Central Licensed, GMP-compliant, ISO 22000-certified facility.
• Independently checked. Our products are periodically tested by independent third-party laboratories.
• An ethical commitment. Honest labels, careful work and a refusal to cut corners on quality, because we would rather make less than make it worse.
• Appreciated by those who use it. Customers at home and abroad keep coming back, and their trust is the standard we hold ourselves to.

Disclaimer

FounditGood Manathakkali Leaf Powder is a food supplement, not a medicine, and is not intended to diagnose, treat or prevent any disease. Please consult a healthcare practitioner before use if you are pregnant or breastfeeding, taking medication, or giving it to children.