Chow Chow Mor Kootu Recipe
Chow Chow Mor Kootu, a traditional and delicious stew made with chayote squash, coconut-curd-spice paste along with coconut oil garnishing. Learn here how to make this yummy kootu with step by step pictures and instructions.
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 180kcal
Equipment
- Pressure Cooker
- Heavy Bottomed Pan
- Mixer Grinder
Ingredients
- 250 gms Chayote Squash (Chow Chow)
- 1 Pinch Turmeric Powder
- 1 teaspoon Salt
- 1 teaspoon Coconut Oil For Garnishing
- Few Curry leaves
For Grinding
- ¼ Cup Grated Coconut
- 1 teaspoon Cumin Seeds
- 2 Green Chili
- ¼ cup Curd
- 1 tablespoon Split Bengal Gram (Channa Dal / Kadalaparuppu)
For Tempering
- 1 tablespoon Coconut Oil
- 1 teaspoon Mustard seeds
- 1 teaspoon Split Urad Dal
- 1 Red Chili
- Few Curry leaves
Instructions
Soaking Chana dal
- Wash and soak chana dal for 30 mins
Cooking Squash
- Wash, peel, chop the chow chow into 1" cubes.
- Add a pinch of turmeric and salt to the cubed chow chow. Add ½ cup of water and pressure cook for 2 whistles.
Grinding
- Take grated coconut, cumin seeds and green chili in a mixer jar.
- Now, add curd to the mixer jar.
- Also drain water from soaked chana dal and add it to mixer jar.
- Grind everything to a smooth paste.
Tempering
- Heat coconut oil in a pan. Add mustard seeds and allow it to sputter. Add split urad dal and fry till the dal turns light brown. Next, add red chili and curry leaves, give a mix.
- To the pan, now add the cooked chow chow. Mix well
- Next, add ground coconut-curd spice paste to the pan. Stir well. Bring the kootu to boil.
- Switch off the flame. Garnish with coconut oil and curry leaves.
Serving
- Serve the delicious Chow Chow Mor Kootu with Sambar/Rasam rice!
Nutrition
Serving: 1Cup | Calories: 180kcal | Carbohydrates: 22g | Protein: 9g | Fat: 6g