Hey everyone, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, chayote squash/chow chow poriyal. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Chow chow poriyal recipe is a simple and easy South Indian style chayote squash side dish. This recipe has chow chow flavored with coconut and Apart from chow chow poriyal, another dish that I equally like is chow chow kootu. As for health benefits, chow chow is low in calories and is a good.
Chayote squash/chow chow poriyal is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions daily. Chayote squash/chow chow poriyal is something that I have loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook chayote squash/chow chow poriyal using 9 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Chayote squash/chow chow poriyal:
- Get 1 chayote squash
- Take 1 onion
- Make ready 3 green chillies
- Make ready 2 red chillies
- Get 3 tablespoons moong dal soaked
- Prepare 2 tablespoons Grated coconut
- Make ready 1 teaspoon mustard
- Make ready leaves Curry
- Prepare As required Salt
It also a great source of trace minerals which is required to maintain a healthy metabolic rate in the human body, hence helps. Chow Chow poriyal or chayote squash stir fry is simple, easy and healthy recipe that can be had as side dish for rice. goes good even for phulkas. check out. Steamed Chayote squash tempered with indian spices. This is an everyday Chow Chow Poriyal / stir-fry recipe.
Steps to make Chayote squash/chow chow poriyal:
- Cut the chayote squash into cubes and chop the onions into bite sized.Make sure the moongdal is soaked for around 15 minutes and drained.
- In a pan add oil and mustard,once crackled add curry leaves.After add the chillies and wait for them to crackle.
- Add in the onions and wait for them to turn translucent.
- Add in the chopped chayote squash and required salt.cover and cook for 5 minutes.
- After 5 minutes once the squash is half cooked add in the soaked moong dal, cover and cook for another 10 minutes.
- Once cooked add in the grated coconut, stir and switch off the stove.
- It’s done!
The vegetable is first steamed and then tempered the Indian way. It makes for a quick, easy side-dish and can be served with roti or rice. These days the hot summer makes me crave for cooling fruits and vegetables. If you have been following me you will know that I love to cook with seasonal produce. Chow Chow or Chayote squash is a well known and very common vegetable used in the famous South Indian Kootu.
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