Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, chayote squash/chow chow poriyal. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
The pale green chayote squash, is widely used in South Indian cuisine. 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 source of dietary fiber and Vitamin C. It has a cooling effect on the body and is perfect to eat during hot summers.
Chayote squash/chow chow poriyal is one of the most favored of recent trending foods on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. Chayote squash/chow chow poriyal is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They are fine and they look wonderful.
To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook chayote squash/chow chow poriyal using 9 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Chayote squash/chow chow poriyal:
- Get 1 chayote squash
- Take 1 onion
- Take 3 green chillies
- Make ready 2 red chillies
- Prepare 3 tablespoons moong dal soaked
- Prepare 2 tablespoons Grated coconut
- Take 1 teaspoon mustard
- Make ready leaves Curry
- Take As required Salt
Chow Chow Poriyal (Thoran) / Vegan Chayote Squash Stir-fry. Easy and healthy South Indian Tamilnadu style recipe for Chow Chow poriyal / thoran without coconut. Steamed Chayote squash tempered with indian spices. Chow Chow Pasi Paruppu Poriyal Recipe is a simple to cook stir fry with chayote squash and moong dal.
Instructions to make Chayote squash/chow chow poriyal:
- 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.
- In a pan add oil and mustard,once crackled add curry leaves.After add the chillies and wait for them to crackle.
- Add in the onions and wait for them to turn translucent.
- Add in the chopped chayote squash and required salt.cover and cook for 5 minutes.
- After 5 minutes once the squash is half cooked add in the soaked moong dal, cover and cook for another 10 minutes.
- Once cooked add in the grated coconut, stir and switch off the stove.
- It’s done!
Steamed Chayote squash tempered with indian spices. Chow Chow Pasi Paruppu Poriyal Recipe is a simple to cook stir fry with chayote squash and moong dal. The delicate flavours of the chayote squash amalgamates very well with the crunchy moong dal and freshly grated coconut. Chayote Squash is high in fibre and had negligible amount of calories making it diabetic friendly. Chow chow poriyal Chayote, also known as mirliton and choko, is an edible plant belonging to the gourd family.
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