Name: Chow Chow Kootu Recipe | Chayote Kootu
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 2 nos Chow Chow ((or 350 grams)); ¼ tsp Turmeric Powder; ¼ cup Moong dal ((1 cup = 250 ml)); 1½ tsp Salt ((adjust to your taste)); 1 tsp Oil; 1 tbsp Split Bengal Gram (Channa Dal / Kadalaparuppu); 1 tbsp Coriander seeds; 2 nos Red Chili; ½ tsp Peppercorns; 2 tbsp Grated Coconut; 1 tsp Oil; 1 tsp Mustard seeds; 1 tsp Split Urad Dal; 1 sprig Curry leaves; 1 nos Red Chili

Chow Chow Kootu Recipe | Chayote Stew Recipe

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Chow Chow Kootu is one of the common kootu (stew) variety made in Tamil Nadu. Chow Chow is cooked with yellow moong dal with coconut and spices. Chow Chow kootu is very easy to make and it's very tasty.

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 20 minutes

Total Time 30 minutes

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Chow Chow Kootu is one of the common and traditional Kootu. In this Kootu (stew) Chow Chow (Chayote) is cooked with moong dal and fresh coconut spice paste. We can make this stew quickly by cooking chow chow and moong dal in a pressure cooker at the same time and making the coconut spice paste ready while chow chow and dal are cooking.

Chayote (Chow Chow) is an edible plant and like bitter gourd, ridge gourd, this also belongs to gourd family. Chow Chow is is low in Saturated Fat,and a very good source of Dietary Fiber and vitamins. Many different recipes can be made using Chow Chow – Chow Chow poriyal, stew and thugayal o. We can serve Chow Chow stew with hot rice or as an accompaniment to any kuzhambu varieties. We can also mix the stew with hot steaming rice and consume it. It is indeed very healthy and tasty stew and i recommend you to try this if you have not tried it before

Recipe Card to make Chow Chow Kootu

Method with Step by Step Pictures :

Wash and finely chop the chow chow. Take the chopped vegetables in a vessel along with water and turmeric powder. Pressure cook the chow chow and moong dal and set it aside

Heat oil in a pan and add the grinding ingredients (Channa Dal, Coriander Seeds, Peppercorns and Red Chili) and fry them till the dal turns slightly golden color. (Do not add grated coconut while frying). Take the fried ingredients in a mixer along with grated coconut and grind it to a nice paste

Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds. When the mustard seeds starts to sputter, add split urid dal and fry till the dal turns golden color. Then add curry leaves and broken red chilli and saute it for a second. Then add the chopped chow chow and mix well.