Chow Chow Kootu is a tasty, yummy side dish made by cooking chow chow with dal, grind coconut, onions & herbs. Chow Chow Kootu can be enjoyed as side dish or mixed with rice & relished and a good alternate to the regular sambar & other curry. 
The post for today is a very easy chow chow kootu recipe.Chow Chow Kootu is my daughters favourite and this is the only way she can eat even the veggies she doesnt like – like mother like daughter. Chow Chow Kootu – One of the simple kootu recipes,great side dish for rice and chapathi too! We have a long weekend this week as Monday is a local holiday here, Looking forward for a comforting and relaxing weekend!
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Chow Chow Kootu | Chayote Dal
Ingredients
- 1 chow chow | chayote skin scrapped & cut into small cubes
- a fistful toor dal
- 1 small sized big onion chopped finely
- a generous pinch turmeric powder
- salt to taste
TO GRIND TOGETHER:
- 2 tablespoon coconut grated
- 1 teaspoon jeera / cumin seeds
TO TEMPER:
- 1 teaspoon oil
- 1 teaspoon mustard seeds
- 1/2 teaspoon urad dal
- a generous pinch hing / perungayam
- few curry leaves
- 1 green chilli slitted
Instructions
- Scrap the outer skin of the veggie and chop them finely.
- Grind coconut and jeera to a coarse paste and set aside.
- Pressure cook toor dal with water until mushy and soft.
- Mash it well with a ladle and set aside.
- Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds, urad dhal, green chillies and curry leaves.
- Then add onion and hing saute till onion shrinks.
- Add chow chow along with turmeric powder, saute for 2mins.
- Then add cooked dhal and required water cook covered until the veggie becomes soft, add required salt.
- Allow it to boil and keep stirring in between.
- Then add the coconut paste and allow it to boil till it becomes thick.
- Switch off and serve Chow Chow Kootu hot with rice!
Notes
- Add the coconut paste only after the veggie is cooked.
- The curry will thicken with time so switch it off accordingly.
- You can also replace toor dal with chana dal or a mix of toor dal & chana dal.
How to make Chow Chow Kootu
- Scrap the outerskin of the veggie and chop them finely.Grind coconut and jeera to a coarse paste and set aside.Pressure cook toor dal with water until mushy and soft. Mash it well with a laddle and set aside.
- Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds, urad dhal, green chillies and curry leaves.Then add onion and hing saute till onion shrinks. Add chow chow along with turmeric powder, saute for 2mins.
- Then add cooked dhal and required water cook covered until the veggie becomes soft,add required salt.Allow it to boil and Keep stirring in between.
- Then add the coconut paste and allow it to boil till it becomes thick.Switch off and serve with hot rice.
Serve hot with rice!
Expert Tips
- Add the coconut paste only after the veggie is cooked.
- The curry will thicken with time so switch it off accordingly.
- You can also replace toor dhal with chana dal.
Aarthi
my mum makes this often..yummy
Uma
Wow. I love this. I posted something like this only just before.
Archana
looks good.Hosting an event which I am calling Back to our Roots Also hosting for Nov’11 Veggie Food for the Month_Raw Banana.
schmetterlingwords
A simple and delicious kootu. If I get hold of that bowl, I shall finish it quickly and ask for more 🙂
Madhavi
Hummm yumyyyy post and nice clicks 🙂
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Kurryleaves
looks yummy…nice and flavorful curry,,,
Vardhini
I make kootu with this vegetable too. Hubby's favorite.
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YUmmy……..with lip smacking pictures.
sangee vijay
this is my fav too…looks truly inviting !!
Ciccia
Can you send it over to Rome for dinner tonight, it's making me very hungry! Have a nice weekend!
Suja
Lovely and healthy combo..tempting
Krithi's Kitchen
Mmm.. delicious.. I too love any vegetables in kootu..
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Sobha Shyam
kootu looks so delicious, i too make it in a different style..
Cham
I love kootu very much with kaara kuzhambu on side! This would be a comfort food!
ANU
very nice kootu…simple recipe…love the clicks dear!
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San
Squash curry is awesome sharmi. It is an ultimatum to have it with papad n rice.
PriyaVaasu
looks yummy! Chana dal adds a nice flavor to the kootu!
Tina
Looks yummy…
divya
looks so yummy…mouth watering ..
Suma Gandlur
Simple yet lovely.
aipi
Hearty n delicious it looks!
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Kalyani
our family's fav dish 🙂
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priya ravi
love this dish very much.. make it often at home… megha likes to have this with plain rice and ghee..
Prathima Rao
Simple & healthy kootu…..Looks inviting…
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Srimathi
I love any form of Kootu. Chow Chow kootu looks yummy.
Amina
healthy and delicious…
nanusree
I enjoy your website a lot-result being that last fortnight i have been cooking several a recipe from your site.I and my hubby are paneer crazy and your paneer kadai came out so well that i we were literally licking to the end.
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Chitra
I too love this kootu with vatral kulambhu. My mom adds milk in the end 🙂
Jayasri Ravi
My favourite kootu, as this is favourite vegetable.., love it, as always lovely clicks dear
Nitha
Healthy and yummy..
Prathibha
love the coconut based gravies..looks yumm
Nags
this is one of my faves, and my version is a bit different but end result is sure to be good either ways!
M D
We make the similar way and are quite fond of this vegetable. Nice pics 🙂
Sumi
love such simple comfort foods
vadivu raj
Tried it today and it came out wonderfully. Thank you for such a good and simple recipe
Pavithra
Hi,
Did you remove skin of chow chow?
SHARMILEE J
Yes I do!
Murugappan Chokkalingam
good recipie and nice presentation
priyaas
U missed onion in ingredients sharmi
charlie puth
good