Chow Chow Kootu / Chayote Kootu

Today post is simple chow chow kootu with moong dal recipe... Chow chow / Chayote is not liked by many including our family.. But i loved it with pulli kuzhambu, is a perfect combination for lunch recipe.. It goes well with poondu kuzhambu, vatha kuzhambu or any spicy kuzhambu.. I comfortable to make this kootu in pressure cooker but i always prefer stove top boiling for kootu recipes. . 

I make this simple kootu with moong dal / passi paruppu. Lentils are cooked and simmered in coconut masala and a tempering added in the end.. Somehow i have not posted one recipe with this vegetable so i decided to post this kootu just for you...

So i hope that you must try this recipe and letme know it's turns out from you..

Preparation time : 10 mins

Cooking time : 20 mins

Serve - 3

Recipe cuisine : South Indian

Recipe category : Sidedish..

INGREDIENTS :

Chow chow / Chayote - 1 (big size, chopped)

Moong dal - 5 tbspn

Water - 1/3 cup

Turmeric powder - 1/2 tspn

Salt - as needed

FOR MASALA :

Fresh coconut - 2 tbspn

Green chilli - 1 

Cumin seeds - 1/4 tspn

Garlic - 1 cloves

TO TEMPER :

Coconut oil - 1 tbspn

Mustard seeds - 1/2 tspn

Shallots - 1 (chopped)

Curry leaves - sping

METHOD :

• Peel the skin and remove the seed and chopped into small tiny squares as desired..
• Take masala ingredients given in the list " FOR MASALA" and make it a coarse paste..
• In a pressure cooker add in chow chow, moong dal, turmeric powder, and water..
• Pressure cook it for 2 whistle.. open it after pressure down..
• Now mash it with ladle and add in masala and salt, mix well.
• Keep it low flame for 5 mins till the raw smell goes..
• Off the stove.. keep aside.
• In a small kadai add in coconut oil and temper the items given in the list " TO TEMPER".
• Pour it to the chow chow kootu..
• Mix well and transfer to the plate..
• Enjoy..

PICTORIAL :

Take your chow chow / Chayote

Chope them into tiny squares

Add them to the cooker

Add some moong dal

Some water

Turmeric powder

Pressure cook it for 2 whistle

Now it's done

Take masala ingredients in the plate

Add them to the blender

Make it a coarse paste

Mash it with ladle

Add the masala

Little salt

Keep in low flame for 5 mins

Till the raw smell goes

Heat a pan with coconut oil and add mustard

Add in chopped shallots

Few curry leaves

Pour them into the chow chow kootu

Transfer them into a serving bowl

Enjoy..