Chayote Curry/Chow-Chow Kootu

Chow-chow/chayote is a easy cook vegetable and belongs to a squash vegetable. Kootu is day to day recipe which is prepared with the same combination of moong dhal, grinded coconut paste with cumin seeds.

For any kootu recipe, cumin seed is the keen ingredient which enhance the flavor, so keeping the cumin flavor more gives the desirable taste. 

Tempering in coconut oil or adding the coconut oil at the end makes it flavorful.

 

I always prefer to add one handful of green peas to any white base kootu recipe, which makes more appealing 

Ingredient's

1. Moong-dhal            - 1 cup 

2. Chayote                  -  1 No

3. Grated coconut       -  1/2 cup

4. Green chili             -   3 No

5. Cumin                    - 1/2 table spoon

6. Green peas             - one- handful

Tempering's

1. Mustard seed         -  1 table spoon

2.Channa dhal           -   1 table spoon

3. Urid dhal               -   1 table spoon

4.  Red chili               -   1 slit

5. Curry leaf              -   3 to 4 leaves

6. Hing                      -  1/4 tea spoon

Preparation

1. Start the recipe, with pressure cook the moong-dhal for 4 whistle.

2. Boil the chopped chayote  and green-peas in water for 10 to 15 minutes, or unless cooked firm and gentle inside.

3. To a mixer grinder, add the 1cup of coconut, three green chili and 1/2 table spoon of cumin. And grind it to a paste.

4.  Once the pressure is released, add the cooked chayote and green-peas to the cooker and give a nice mix.

5. Now add the grinded coconut paste and give a boil for 2 minutes.

6. Add the required salt.

7. To a pan, add two table spoon of any vegetable oil and the tempering ingredient one by one.

8. Now add the tempering to a pressure cooker and give a boil, or unless it forms thick consistency.

9. Now your chayote/chow -chow kootu is ready.

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