Chow chow / Chayote poriyal
November 17, 2011
CHAYOTE / CHOW CHOW PORIYAL
This vegetable is kind of hard to cut and peel the vegetable, but once cooked it is so soft and mushy. You can make like a semi sold Kootu or also as Poriyal.For poriyal you can just cook the vegetable and add salt. In this recipe i didn't add any lentils with it. If you want you can add Channa dal/ Split chick pea or Moong dal to add a texture and taste to the recipe.
I usually make kootu out of chow chow because you can add more moong dal to it and make the dish way healthy. And add some coconut and chili paste to it. When you make it with Vatha kuzhambhu it will be just an awesome combination. So it is like when the kuzhambhu is thick you can make kootu so it will go good with that. If you make sambhar then you can make poriyal kind of side dish. That's how the combo works.
Cuisine : South Indian
Preparation time : 15 mins
Cooking time : 10 mins
Course : Side dish
Main Ingredient : Chow chow
Ingredients :
Chayote/Chow chow - 2 cups chopped
Coconut - shredded 2 tbsp
Green chili - 2
Mustard and Split black gram(urad dal) - 1 tbsp
Salt to taste
Curry leaves
Preparation :
- The first thing you have to make is peel the vegetable really well and the cut into half and take the seed out. The seed will be kind of big.
- Then chop the vegetable into small pieces and keep them in a bowl. Now place the bowl in the pressure cooker and cook the chow chow in a pressure cooker. Keep in aside
- In a pan, add oil then kaduku and urud dal, curry leaves and chili.
- Now add chow chow. Saute well. Add salt to taste
- Atlast add coconut to the the chow chow.
- Serve it hot with rice or chapathi
Serving per recipe : 4
Calories per recipe : Approx 50 to 100
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