Wednesday, October 24, 2007
CHOW CHOW / CHAYOTE - CURRY
Ingredients
- Chow chow -- 1 Big sized
- Onion -- 1 no.
- Garlic -- 10 no.(small)
- Curry leaves -- 1 spring
- Turmeric powder -- 1/4 tsp
- Salt -- as needed
- Oil -- 2 tsp
To grind(roast) ( You can skip this by replacing this besan flour 1 tsp )
- Channa dal -- 1 tblsp
- Red chilies -- 4 nos.
- Fennel seeds/soambu -- 1/4 tsp
Tempering
- Mustard - 1 tsp
- Urad dal - 1tsp
- Channa dal - 1tsp
Method
- Cut chow chow to medium sized pieces and chop onion and garlic finely.
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- Heat a kadai and roast channa dal and red chillies with little oil to golden brown . You can skip this and replace with besan flour/kadala maavu.
- Cool down and grind it with fennel seeds to a fine powder.
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- Add oil in the hot kadai and add the tempering items followed by curry leaves.
- Add onion and fry for a minute.
- Then add chow chow and fry for 2 minutes with salt in medium flame.
- Add turmeric,garlic, enough water and cook for 4 - 5 minutes covered or till done.
- Water will be reduced by this time to very little and then lastly add the ground powder/besan-kadala mavu and stir well, stir fry for 2 minutes.
Serve as an accompaniment for rice....:)
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18 Stars(comments):
The curry looks really good.
That looks delicious!!!
Ingredients sounds great, must taste good!:))
Curry looks great...guess it goes well with rotis too right..?
Just finished my chow chow yesterday. Will try it next time. Looks very good and the recipe sounds great.
Looks like the chayote is in season! :) Like the looks of this Raks, have one lying in my fridge will try it ..
I always makes only chayote dal and nothing else.... your curry will go great with rotis, i guess
I just bought a batch of chow chows.. perfect opportunity to try it out..
sounds delicious..guess it would hav tasted delicious too.. i usually make chow chow thoran-kerala style..
Looks yummy...
Thankyou Happy cook,cinnamon for your compliments.:)
Yes AshaIt really taste good...!
SirisaI hope so,I havn't tried b4 with roti,May be next time.
Thanx Kribha,do try next time..
Ya Namratha,Try it and lemme know how it was..:)
padma,Give this recipe a try the next time with chayote...with roti..:)
Do try this method kamni,u will like it..:))
Thanx Remya&Daily meals!!
umm sounds good. Will try it. I only use them in sambhar and palya. Never tried this way.
Hello Rajeswari, I tried this curry for lunch today and enjoyed it. Thanks for the recipe.
i missed this post. the curry looks delicious! unique recipe.
Lakshmi,
thankx fofr the compliments and try it out hope u ll like it:)
Suganya,
Thankyou for trying out it....Thanx a lot..:))
Lissie..
Thanx for checking my side bar and even u misssed b4 u atleast got it now and commenting in it...Appreciate nad love this..:))
I tried the recipe and it was really good. Very different from the usual ways I make and very good with rice and chapathi.
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HI Rakh's I made this dish long ago posted last month but have been really busy so forgot to tell you. http://www.mykitchentreasures.com/2012/04/chow-chow-chayote-curry.html
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