Seema kathirikai poriyal | Chow chow stir fry | Chayote thoran

Cuisine Style: Tamil nadu, South india | Preparation&Cooking Time: 15 minutes | To Serve: 4 | Type : Curry,Masala, kulambhu | Take with : Rice, idli, dosa, roti, paratha

Ingredients

• Seema kathirikai [Chayote, Chow chow] –1 cup [peel off the skin & chop]
• Onion – 1 [sliced]
• Green chilli -1 [slit]
• Coconut – ¼ cup [grated]
• Curry leaves – 1 spring
• Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp
• Red chilli powder – ½ tsp
• Mustard seeds – 1 tbsp
• Bengal gram – 1 tbsp
• Urad dal – 1 tbsp
• Salt to taste
• Water as needed
• Oil – 2 tbsp

Method

• Heat pan with oil add mustard seeds & let it splutter. Then add Bengal gram, & urad dal sauté.
• Add onion sauté till soft. Then add green chilli, and curry leaves sauté.
• Add chopped Chow chow, turmeric, & red chilli powder mix well, sauté for a min then add water boil till soft.
• Add salt & coconut mix well. Leave it for 1 min. then cut off heat.
• Serve hot with rice

Chayote thoran