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................

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

For the tempering

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.