Description
Simple spicy curry prepared with Chow Chow / Chayote squash, a homely style kotsu suits as a side for tiffin or rice item.
Chayote kotsu / Chow Chow curry / Chayote curry / Muddai / Mudda / Kaai Poriyal / Spicy gravy
USA ~ Chayote Squash
Tamil ~ Bangalore Kathirikkai
Telugu ~ Bengaluru Vankaya
Kannada ~ Seemae Badhne Kayi
Malayalam ~ Seema Kathrika
Hindi ~ Chow Chow
| Ingredients | |
|---|---|
| 1 no | Chayote (small) |
| 2 nos | Onion medium ( chopped ) |
| 1 no | Tomato (chopped) |
| 1 no | Green chili (slit open ) |
| ½ tsp | Ginger garlic paste |
| ¼ tsp | Turmeric powder |
| ½ tsp | Red chili powder |
| 2 tsp | Coriander /dhania powder |
| 1 tsp | Coconut (fresh or dessicated) |
| ¼ tsp | Mustard |
| ¼ tsp | Cumin seeds |
| ¼ tsp | Split black gram |
| 5 nos | Curry leaves |
| 3 tsp | Oil |
| ¼ tsp | Asafoetida |
Instructions
Wash the chayote squash, cut into half and remove the soft seed inside. Then chop them into small pieces (smaller the better) and keep aside. Heat oil in a pan, splutter mustard, cumin, split black gram and sprinkle asafoetida. Toast the curry leaves and add chopped onions with green chili. Keep frying until they turn translucent, then add ginger garlic paste, chopped tomatoes and chopped squash. Cover and cook over low flame for 5 to 7 minutes or until the squash becomes soft. Sprinkle little water if necessary as the juice from the tomato should be sufficient to cook. Now add turmeric, chili powder, dhania powder and salt. Cook for another 5 minutes (without cover) or saute until the oil separates. Garnish with grated coconut and switch off. Serve as a side for chapati, idli or paratha. I personally prefer this as a side for meen kuzhambu or kaara kuzhambu rice or simply plain rice topped with ghee.
Comments
7 responses to “Chayote Curry”
Hi Mullai Thanks a lot…for this recepy, it came out very well
Anna
Hi Mullai,
You have almost reinvented this vegetable. I followed your recipe exactly and the result was the best chow chow poriyal I have tasted.
I was wondering if you could use the same recipe for any other vegetable?
You are a culinary genius Mullai!!
Thanks
tried this for dinner…tasted very diff.thanks for the recipe.
Nice & different one with chow chow….have to try once…thanks.
Hi Mullai, Good one.. You keep rocking !! Can we boil the chayote in pressure cooker and then prepare this dish or will that turn very mushy?
Hi, one more easy way to cook chayote is in microwave. put cut pieces of chayote in a microwave safe bowl add salt & turmeric powder cover and keep it in microwave for 3 minutes then take it out, give it a stir and keep it again in microwave but this time uncovered for another 3 minutes. By this way, it cooks perfectly and saves you time.
Hi Mullai
is it a gravy or poriyal???
which one would be nice gravy or poriyal????