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Chow Chow Kootu with coconut


Kootu in tamil which means cooking vegetable with dal to semi solid consistency dish. You can use vegetables like Chayote(chow chow), snack gourd(pudalangai), bottle gourd(Surraikai), Ashgourd(Nee Poosanikai) or spinach. Also you can use Chana dal, moong dal or toor dal to make kootu. Here I have used Chana Dal and Chayote to make Kootu. This can be served with Hot rice and Pappad or as a side dish for Puli Kulambu.

Cuisine: Indian
Author: Indu Haresh
Serves: 2

Ingredients
To boil dal and veggie:
Chow chow Chayote - 1
Channa Dal soaked - 1/2 cup(i used the cup as shown in pic below in which i have taken water)
Turmeric - 1/4 tsp.
Green chilli - 1 or 2 (depends on the size).
Water as need (I used 3/4 cup of water)

To grind:
Coconut - 1/3 cup
Cumin - 1 tsp
Red Chilli - 1 or 2.

Tempering:
Mustard - 1/2 tsp
Cumin - 1/2 tsp
Asafoetida - 1 pinch
Curry leaves - 4 or 5 leaves 
Onion - 1 (medium size Big onion)
Tomato - 1

Preparation
  • Wash and soak the chana dal for 20 minutes.

  • Wash and peel chayote skin(chow chow). Chop it into cubes as shown in picture(remove the seed).

  • Now add soaked dal, chopped chayote, green chilli, turmeric and add 1 or 3/4 glass of water in which you measured dal and pressure cook it for two whistles. If you want dal and veggie to be mushy, leave it for three whistles instead of two.



  • Add coconut, cumin and red chilli in a mixie jar and grind it to a paste.


Cooking
  • Heat the oil in the vessel, add cumin, mustard and curry leaves.


  • Once mustard gets crackle add the chopped onion and saute it till golden brown.

  • Add the tomato and salt. Saute it till it gets mushy.


  • Now add the boiled veggie and dal. Also add the grinded coconut paste and mix it well. Taste it and add the required salt.



  • Allow it to boil for 10 minutes or till the raw smell of the coconut goes.
  • Once it gets boiled, switch off the stove. Chow Chow kootu is ready to serve with hot rice or as a side for puli kulambu.


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