Chow Chow Curry

Description

Home style  Chow chow (Chayote) curry often served as a side for rice.

USA            ~ Chayote Squash

Tamil          ~ Bangalore Kathirikkai

Telugu        ~ Bengaluru Vankaya

Kannada     ~ Seemae Badhne Kayi

Malayalam  ~ Seema Kathrika

Hindi          ~ Chow Chow

Ingredients
1 no Chow chow
6 nos Shallots (sambar onions finely chopped)
1 no Green chili
2 clove Garlic (crushed)
¼ tsp Mustard
¼ tsp Cumin seeds
¼ tsp Split black gram (ullundu)
6 nos Curry leaves
¼ tsp Salt (or to taste)
2 tsp Oil
¼ tsp Turmeric powder
1 no Dry red chili
¼ tsp Fennel seeds (perum serakam)
1 tbsp Bengal gram (kadhala paruppu)
2 nos Curry leaves (for podi)

Instructions

To make the spice powder —- Dry roast Dry red chili, Bengal gram, fennel seeds and 2 curry leaves until its slightly golden. Grind to a coarse powder and keep aside.

To make the curry————- Wash, peel the seed the chow chow. Cut them into 1″ pieces and keep aside. Heat oil in a pan, splutter mustard, cumin seeds, split black gram and curry leaves. Fry the chopped onions, green chili and crushed garlic until translucent. Now add the chow chow pieces along with turmeric and 1/2 cup water. Cover and cook for 5 minutes or until its half done. Add the spice powder along with salt cook for another 2 minutes and switch off. Serve hot with curd rice or Kara Kuzhambu.

Source

Amma

Comments

17 responses to “Chow Chow Curry”

  1. Gauri Avatar

    Wow… i don’t think i have tried this vegetable yet… such a nice simple recipe 🙂

    1. Mullai Avatar

      Thanks Gauri!

  2. Kitty Avatar
    Kitty

    Thanks a lot. I am going to make this for dinner.

  3. Kalpana Avatar
    Kalpana

    awesome..Its so easy to prepare and came out well for the first time…Thank u so much for this recipe.

  4. Cappuccino Avatar
    Cappuccino

    tried again today, asusual cameout superb…

    Have a great day

  5. Sentil Avatar
    Sentil

    Hi Mullai,

    Thanks for sharing this chow chow recipe. Tried for the first time and came out excellent.

    Thanks again.

  6. pavithra sureshkumar Avatar
    pavithra sureshkumar

    i tired your chow chow curry…and came out very well and tastey..thank you.

  7. chikku Avatar
    chikku

    I tried this recipe today, it came out very well. Thanks for wonderful recipe.

  8. kaviarun Avatar
    kaviarun

    Tried it y’day for lunch…my kids liked it very much.Thanks again for giving us variety of recipes.

  9. jlakshmi Avatar
    jlakshmi

    Mullai,

    I made this right now, for some reason, it became bit brown, but good taste, what could go wrong in a simple dish like this, may be the ground mixture was more fried ? Ur picure podi shows so whitish, mine was brown..So how long should I fry for powders.

    Regs
    Jaya Lakshmi

    1. Mullai Avatar
      Mullai

      Lakshmi,

      Did u dry roast?? if u add oil then it would become slightly dense and burn quickly. You have to toast for few minutes over low flame, konjam light brown spots appear… avvalavu than, remove, cool and grind. Thanks.

  10. shan Avatar
    shan

    Mullai ma'am tried and taste was superb…I made bit spicy and thought of mixing with white rice, but ate the chow chow curry alone without mixing with rice…finished everything…Have to make again for my hubby…I thought chow chow is good for kuttu and sambar, but this curry tastes awesome.

     Also, i love to make my own spice powder and mix with dishes. I don't like store bought curry mix…Thanx for the wonderful receipe and flavour enhancing spice mix.

     Anyother other veggies using this spice mix ? Pls let me know. 

    Have a great day

    1. Mullai Avatar
      Mullai

      Shan, you can try with any squash variety, bottle gourd will suit too.

  11. Ramya Ravichandran Avatar
    Ramya Ravichandran

    I was able to make the exact look like of the picture and was very tasty. Thanks for the fine instructions Mullai.

    Regards,

    Ramya

  12. anithu_m Avatar
    anithu_m

    Hi Mullai,

    Chow chow curry is very tasty with rice and vathal Kuzhambu.

    Thanks,

    Anitha Muthaiyan.

  13. jeyalakshmi Avatar
    jeyalakshmi

    Hai Mullai,

    This came out really well. thanks 🙂

    Jeya