Chow chow ellu kootu | Seema kathirikai ellu thengai kootu | Sesame Chayote dry curry

Cuisine Style: Tamil Nadu, South India | Cooking Time: 10 minutes | To Serve: 4 | Take with: Rice | Type: Kootu

Ingredients

• Chow chow [seema kathirikai, Chayote] – 1 cup [Peeled, chopped]
• Curry leaves – 1 spring
• Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp
• Mustard seeds – 1 tbsp
• Bengal gram – ½ tbsp
• Urad dal – ½ tbsp
• Asafetida a pinch
• Salt to taste
• Oil – 2 tbsp
• Water as needed
  

For Roasting & Grinding

• Black sesame seeds – 1 tbsp
• Dry red chilli – 1 to 2
• Coconut – 2 tbsp [grated]
• Heat oil in a pan roast above 3 ingredients & coarsely grind without water.

Method

• Heat oil in a pan add mustard seeds & let its splutter. Then add Bengal gram, urad dal & curry leaves.
• Add chopped chow chow sauté then add turmeric powder & salt mix well then add water cook till soft.
• Then add freshly ground sesame coconut mixture mix well & leave it for 1 min.
• Then cut off heat & serve hot with rice.

Seema kathirikai ellu kootu