How to Prepare Delicious Chow-chow Puli kootu (Gravy)

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How to Prepare Delicious Chow-chow Puli kootu (Gravy) Delicious, fresh and tasty.

Chow-chow Puli kootu (Gravy). The freshly ground coconut masala adds a beautiful flavour to the kootu. The addition of pepper, cumin and red chillies gives the kootu the right amount of spice. Chayote squash is a healthy vegetable containing highest content of water.

Wash and peel the skin of chayote.

This releases a sap or sticky latex,so use gloves or peel and wash under running water.

Chop in medium sized pieces.keep aside.

You can cook Chow-chow Puli kootu (Gravy) using 9 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Chow-chow Puli kootu (Gravy)

  1. You need of chow-chow.

  2. Prepare of tamarind paste,.

  3. You need of salt,.

  4. It’s of dhaniya powder,.

  5. You need of red chilli powder.

  6. It’s of perungayam powder.

  7. It’s of urad dal.

  8. It’s of grated coconut,.

  9. You need of curry leaves,.

Kootu is one such dish that falls right into this classic definition of a semi-gravy.

It's not quite a gravy or a sambar and yet it's not quite stir-fried vegetable, or poriyal or thoran in Kerala.

It takes its name from the Tamil word for 'add,' which is used to describe the blending of lentils and vegetables.

Usually kootu is made with dal / paruppu.

Chow-chow Puli kootu (Gravy) instructions

  1. First cut the vegetable after peeling the skin..

  2. In a pan add the vegetable and water then add all other ingradients. cook for 10 minutes, then add the grated coconut..

  3. In a pan add oil, allow mustard to crack and add urad dal curry leaves. Add this kootu..

  4. Chow-chow kootu is ready to taste..

This chow chow kootu curry is different that there is no dal used.

Its called as masala kootu or vaasanai kootu.

The addition of fennel seeds (sombu) and spices gives this dish a wonderful aroma that its called as vaasanai (aroma) kootu.

It tastes so delicious with rice.

Chow Chow Thakkali Kootu Recipe is traditional Tamil Nadu Style lentils cooked with chayote squash, tomatoes along with moong dal, with a coconut based masala.