Guide to Prepare Chayote squash/chow chow poriyal

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Chayote squash/chow chow poriyal is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. Chayote squash/chow chow poriyal is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.

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.

How to Make Chayote squash/chow chow poriyal

To begin 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.

Ingredients

The ingredients needed to make Chayote squash/chow chow poriyal:

1. Make ready 1 chayote squash
2. Take 1 onion
3. Take 3 green chillies
4. Prepare 2 red chillies
5. Prepare 3 tablespoons moong dal soaked
6. Get 2 tablespoons Grated coconut
7. Get 1 teaspoon mustard
8. Take leaves Curry
9. Make ready As required Salt

We usually make stew using this vegetable, but we can also make healthy and tasty poriyal. In this recipe, I have enriched the poriyal by adding onions, capsicum and coconut. Chayote Squash or in tamil we call it as Chow Chow is a very healthy veggie. It is one veggie less in calories and also rich in vitamin.

Instructions

Instructions to make Chayote squash/chow chow poriyal:

1. 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.
2. In a pan add oil and mustard,once crackled add curry leaves.After add the chillies and wait for them to crackle.
3. Add in the onions and wait for them to turn translucent.
4. Add in the chopped chayote squash and required salt.cover and cook for 5 minutes.
5. After 5 minutes once the squash is half cooked add in the soaked moong dal, cover and cook for another 10 minutes.
6. Once cooked add in the grated coconut, stir and switch off the stove.
7. It’s done!

I have enriched the poriyal by adding onions and capsicum and also dry grinding raosted gram dal along with coconut. We can make plain stir-fry also, but the onions and. 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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