Chow Chow Poricha Kootu:

Ingredients:

• Chow Chow/chayote 2
• Mung dal 1/2 cup
• Salt
• Turmeric powder 1/4 spoon
• Ghee few spoons.

To be Fried in Ghee and Wet-Ground to Paste:

• Ghee
• Black pepper 1 spoon
• Dry red chilies 4
• Urad dal 2 spoons
• Coconut grated 2 spoons
• Cumin seeds 1 spoon

For Tempering:

• Mustard seeds 1/4 spoon
• Cumin seeds 1/4 spoon
• Urad dal 1/4 spoon
• Asafoetida 1/4 spoon
• Curry leaves few
• Ghee few spoons.

Method:

1. Peel the skin from chow chow and finely chop them.
2. Pressure cook dal with salt, turmeric and ghee. When dal
   is done soft, remove from heat.
3. Now bring the chow chow in a deep pan. Add the above cooked dal
   to it. Cover and cook.
4. When the vegetable is done soft. Add the fried and wet-ground spice
   paste to it. Continue cooking for 5 more minutes.
5. In a shallow pan, heat ghee. Fry all the tempering items
   said above. Runt his seasoning over the ‘kootu’ prepared.
6. Serve warm a side dish to South Indian Meals.