It has been quite some time since we made Chow Chow Kootu. Chow Chow is a vegetable also known as Chayote Squash | Bangalore Brinjal. It is supposed to be a good source of Vitamin C.
This Kootu is very delectable and though simple in its ingredients makes a wonderful veg dish!
Ingredients:
2 Chow Chow | Bangalore Brinjal | Chayote Squash , medium sized
1 Carrot, small
1/2 cup Toor Dal
1 tsp White Lobia
1 tsp Jeera | Cumin
1 tsp Fried Gram Dal | Pottukadalai | Chutney Dal
1 tblsp Coconut, freshly grated
1/2 tsp Haldi | Turmeric Powder
1/4 tsp Red Chilli Powder
1/2 tsp Oil
1/2 tsp Rai | Mustard Seeds
1/2 tsp Urad dal
1 sprig Kadhi Patta | Curry Leaves
To taste Salt
Method:
- Wash and then peel the Chow Chow and cut into cubes. Keep the peel if you want to make Chow Chow Peel Chutney.
- Peel the Carrot and cut into uniform cubes.
- Mix Toor Dal, White Lobia and half of the haldi powder in very little water. Pressure cook them for 4 whistles.
- In a vessel, add the cut vegetables and pour water such that the vegetables are just immersed.
- Add the remaining haldi powder, red chilli powder and salt to taste and mix well.
- Cook the vegetables, till they become soft.
- While the vegetables are cooking, grind the coconut, jeera and the chutney dal to a fine paste.
- To the cooked vegetables, add the cooked dals and the coconut paste. Mix well adding enough water to get a gravy consistency of your preference.
- Once this gets to a boil, switch off the gas.
- Make a tempering of the oil, curry leaves, rai and urad dal and pour this on top of the Chow Chow Kootu.
- serve hot with plain rice | roti along with pickles | chutney.
Hope you will try this recipe. Do let us know about your experience.
About C R Meena
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