Chow chow is a squash belongs to gourd family. A pear shaped vegetable, tastes like bottle gourd. Chow Chow is a bland vegetable which doesn’t have any specific taste of its own. Properly included spices add zing to the vegetable.Chow chow kootu recipe is another no onion garlic recipe, can be during fasting days.
Chow Chow Kootu Recipe
– 1 cup Chow chow pieces– Salt to taste– 1 tsp turmeric powder– lemon size tamarind– 1 cup Toor dal– 2 tbsp Fresh Coconut– 1 and 1/2 tbsp Coriander Seeds– 4 to 5 Red Chillis– 1 tbsp Oil– 1 tsp Mustard Seeds– 1 tsp Cumin Seeds– 4 to 5 Curry Leaves– 2 Red Chillis– 1 tsp Asafoetida
Chow Chow Kootu Recipe
– Soak tamarind for half an hour.– Extract the juice out of it and keep aside.– Pressure cook dal for 3 to 4 whistles, mash it and keep it aside.– In a mixer grinder add coconut, coriander seeds and red chillis.– Make a smooth paste of it. Keep it aside.
Step 1
Chow Chow Kootu Recipe
– In a pressure cooker add chow chow pieces, salt and turmeric powder.– Pressure cook them for 3 whistles.– Once it cooled open the lid and add tamarind juice.– Mix it and let it cook for a while.– Then add the above made paste and toor dal.
Step 2
Chow Chow Kootu Recipe
– Mix it well and allow it to cook for 5 to 10 minutes.– Heat 1 tbsp oil in another pan and mustard seeds, cumin seeds, red chillis and curry leaves.– Add asafoetida and let them splutter.– Add the tadka to the kootu and let it cook for another 5 to 10 minutes.– Serve chow chow kootu with rice or idli, as you wish.