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!
Chow Chow Kootu Recipe – Ingredients
Preparation Time : 5 mins | Cooking Time : 20 mins | Serves : 2
Recipe Category: Sidedish | Recipe Cuisine: South Indian
Recipe Category: Sidedish | Recipe Cuisine: South Indian
Chow chow(Chayote) – 1 skin scrapped & cut into small cubes
Toor Dhal – a fistful
Big Onion – 1 small sized chopped finely
Turmeric powder – a generous pinch
Salt – to taste
To grind together:
Grated coconut – 2 tbsp
Jeera / cumin seeds – 1 tsp
To Temper:
Oil -1 tsp
Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
Urad Dhal – 1/2 tsp
Hing(Perungayam) – a generous pinch
Curry leaves – few
Green chillies – 1 slitted
Method:
- 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!
My 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 dhal with chana dal.
Aarthi says
November 4, 2011 at 5:17 pmmy mum makes this often..yummy
Uma says
November 4, 2011 at 5:21 pmWow. I love this. I posted something like this only just before.
Archana says
November 4, 2011 at 5:23 pmlooks 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 says
November 4, 2011 at 6:10 pmA simple and delicious kootu. If I get hold of that bowl, I shall finish it quickly and ask for more 🙂
Madhavi says
November 4, 2011 at 6:18 pmHummm yumyyyy post and nice clicks 🙂
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Kurryleaves says
November 4, 2011 at 6:30 pmlooks yummy…nice and flavorful curry,,,
Vardhini says
November 4, 2011 at 6:34 pmI make kootu with this vegetable too. Hubby's favorite.
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Alpana says
November 4, 2011 at 6:53 pmYUmmy……..with lip smacking pictures.
sangee vijay says
November 4, 2011 at 6:53 pmthis is my fav too…looks truly inviting !!
Ciccia says
November 4, 2011 at 7:16 pmCan you send it over to Rome for dinner tonight, it's making me very hungry! Have a nice weekend!
Suja says
November 4, 2011 at 7:51 pmLovely and healthy combo..tempting
Krithi's Kitchen says
November 4, 2011 at 8:06 pmMmm.. delicious.. I too love any vegetables in kootu..
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Sobha Shyam says
November 4, 2011 at 8:08 pmkootu looks so delicious, i too make it in a different style..
Cham says
November 4, 2011 at 8:16 pmI love kootu very much with kaara kuzhambu on side! This would be a comfort food!
ANU says
November 4, 2011 at 8:53 pmvery nice kootu…simple recipe…love the clicks dear!
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San says
November 4, 2011 at 9:10 pmSquash curry is awesome sharmi. It is an ultimatum to have it with papad n rice.
PriyaVaasu says
November 4, 2011 at 9:44 pmlooks yummy! Chana dal adds a nice flavor to the kootu!
Tina says
November 4, 2011 at 11:41 pmLooks yummy…
divya says
November 5, 2011 at 12:50 amlooks so yummy…mouth watering ..
Suma Gandlur says
November 5, 2011 at 1:56 amSimple yet lovely.
aipi says
November 5, 2011 at 3:59 amHearty n delicious it looks!
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Kalyani says
November 5, 2011 at 7:43 amour family's fav dish 🙂
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priya ravi says
November 5, 2011 at 10:48 amlove this dish very much.. make it often at home… megha likes to have this with plain rice and ghee..
Prathima Rao says
November 5, 2011 at 1:36 pmSimple & healthy kootu…..Looks inviting…
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Srimathi says
November 5, 2011 at 4:18 pmI love any form of Kootu. Chow Chow kootu looks yummy.
Amina says
November 6, 2011 at 12:52 amhealthy and delicious…
nanusree says
November 6, 2011 at 2:21 pmI 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 says
November 6, 2011 at 4:41 pmI too love this kootu with vatral kulambhu. My mom adds milk in the end 🙂
Jayasri Ravi says
November 6, 2011 at 5:38 pmMy favourite kootu, as this is favourite vegetable.., love it, as always lovely clicks dear
Nitha says
November 6, 2011 at 5:39 pmHealthy and yummy..
Prathibha says
November 7, 2011 at 4:08 amlove the coconut based gravies..looks yumm
Nags says
November 7, 2011 at 9:29 amthis is one of my faves, and my version is a bit different but end result is sure to be good either ways!
M D says
November 7, 2011 at 11:16 amWe make the similar way and are quite fond of this vegetable. Nice pics 🙂
Sumi says
November 8, 2011 at 4:33 amlove such simple comfort foods
vadivu raj says
November 27, 2012 at 4:06 amTried it today and it came out wonderfully. Thank you for such a good and simple recipe
Pavithra says
July 11, 2013 at 9:10 pmHi,
Did you remove skin of chow chow?
SHARMILEE J says
July 12, 2013 at 1:43 amYes I do!
Murugappan Chokkalingam says
March 22, 2014 at 1:02 pmgood recipie and nice presentation
priyaas says
October 16, 2014 at 1:18 amU missed onion in ingredients sharmi
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