Chow Chow/Chayote Poriyal
Today's post is a simple recipe with Chayote aka chow chow,in our households we make sambhar and kootu with chow chow.But this poriyal was new to me when I had in Saravana Bhavan lunch Thali.It tasted good and my son liked it a lot,so tried my version and came out delicious.Now off to the recipe................
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Basic Information
Preparation Time 10 minutes
Cooking Time 15 minutes
Serves 2-3
Ingredients
| Ingredient | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Chayote/chow chow | 11/2 cups(chopped) |
| Channadhal/kadalparuppu | 2tbs |
| Green chilly/pachamilagai | 2 |
| Coconut(grated) | 2tbs |
| Shallots/chinna vengayam | 4(chopped) |
| Salt | 3/4tsp |
| Oil | 2tsp |
| Ingredient | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Mustard seeds/kadugu | 1/2 tsp |
| Urad dhal/uluthamparuppu | 1tsp |
| Red chilly/varamlagai | 1(broken) |
| Asafoeitda/perungayam | a pinch |
| Curry leaves/karivepillai | few leaves |
Method
- Pressure cook the channa dhal for whistle in a pressure cooker and keep it aside.
- In a pan add the chopped chayote and green chilly.Sprinkle some water and pinch of salt,cook it till it becomes tender.Drain if any excess water.
- In a separate pan heat the oil and do the tempering with the ingredients,saute the shallots for a minute,add the grated coconut and cooked channa dhal along with the salt.
- Add the cooked chayote and mix it well and keep it for a minute in the flame.
- Simple chayote poriyal is ready.
Enjoy.................................
- Instead channa dhal,moong dhal can be used.
- Here I cooked the channa dhal for a whistle in a cooker,instead you can soak it for 10 minutes and cook in the microwave.
This recipe is off to Vegan Thursday event started by Priya of Priya's Versatile Recipes.
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