Chow-Chow Kootu / Chayote Lentil Stew
Chow-Chow Kootu / Chayote Lentil Stew

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Chow-Chow Kootu / Chayote Lentil Stew is one of the most well liked of current trending foods on earth. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions daily. Chow-Chow Kootu / Chayote Lentil Stew is something that I have loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.

Chow Chow Kootu - Indian Chayote & Lentil Stew. Chow Chow or the Indian Chayote is also known as Bangalore Brinjal, Cho Cho etc. Its a kind of squash and you cook it like you would a pumpkin.

To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have chow-chow kootu / chayote lentil stew using 10 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Chow-Chow Kootu / Chayote Lentil Stew:
  1. Get 2 Chayote
  2. Make ready 1 cup moong dal
  3. Prepare 300 ml water
  4. Get 1 tbsp ghee
  5. Make ready 1 tsp mustard seeds
  6. Prepare 5 curry leaves
  7. Take to taste salt
  8. Make ready 1 handful coconut scrapings
  9. Get 1 tbsp cumin jeera /
  10. Get 7 chillies dry red

Chow Chow Milagu Kootu Recipe is a mildly spiced kootu recipe. Peppercorn, cumin seeds, coconut paste added to the kootu makes it oh so flavourful. Chow Chow Milagu Kootu Recipe is a mildly spiced kootu recipe, usually had along with rasam and steamed rice in southern India. Chayote Dry Curry / Chow Chow Curry - A very healthy vegetable & used very less oil to this recipe.

Instructions to make Chow-Chow Kootu / Chayote Lentil Stew:
  1. Cook 1 cup of moong dal(add water until the moong dal submerges or about 200 ml)  in pressure cooker up to 4 whistles or cook it in microwave for 15 minutes in high power.
  2. Peel and chop the chow-chow or chayote into small cubes and put it ina vessel. Add enough water and cook this on medium heat. Sprinkle little salt for the chow-chow to cook faster.
  3. Take the ingredients mentioned under "For the paste" in a blender jar, add little water(about 6 tbsps) and grind this to smooth paste. It should look like a chutney.
  4. Now check if the chow-chow- or chayote is cooked by inserting a knife, if it goes in easily then it is cooked. Now add the cooked moong dal and the ground paste to this and mix. Let it boil for about 6 minutes. Keep stirring do not leave this boiling continuously on medium heat. At this stage it will easily stick to the bottom of the vessel and burn, Keep stirring in equal intervals.
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  6. Take the kootu off the heat and take a tadka pan, on medium heat, crackle 1 tsp of mustard seeds and curry leaves in a tablespoon of ghee. Add this to the kootu and mix.
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Cook chayote in water adding sambar powder, turmeric powder and salt needed until soft. Pressure cook tur dal until soft. (only if you use tur dal alone, otherwise you can add it along with the chow chow and cook chow chow. Chow chow kootu recipe - a delicious South Indian style recipe of chayote and yellow moong lentils with coconut and spices. This is a quick and healthy side dish that is easy to make. Chow chow or chayote is a pear shaped squash, light green in color and also called as vegetable pear.

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