Parents have the most innovative ways of feeding kids what kids presume as “not nice” vegetables. Chayote Squash or Chow chow is one of those vegetables that I disliked tremendously for much of my “cooking free” life, but have grown to like it now that I seem to spend half my life in the kitchen! Chow chow goes into a kootu, makes a decent a dry vegetable sauteed with coconut gratings and is well hidden inside a thogayal. So well hidden that as a child I never realized that the thogayal with a greenish tinge served as parippu thogayal had a whole chow chow inside it!
Ingredients
- Chayote Squash (Chow Chow) – 1 cup (cut into cubes)
- Toor dal – 1 cup
- Red chilli – 1 no
- Oil – 1 tbsp
- Hing – a small piece
- Salt to taste
Method
- Parboil the Chow Chow.
- Heat 1 table spoon oil and fry toor dal, red chilli and hing till golden, stirring continously.
- Transfer to a plate and leave to cool.
- Add salt and grind everything to a smooth thick paste of spoonable consistency adding water if required.
Serve with steaming rice and ghee.
Chow chow Thogayal – for the Recipe Marathon
Fellow recipe marathoners:
DK, Siri, Srivalli, Ranji, PJ, Curry Leaf, Medha, Priya, Bhawna, Raaji, Ruchii
Anu, Kamala, Roopa, Divya Kudua, Rekha, Divya M, Raaga, Lakshmi Venkatesh, Sripriya, Viji, , Kamalika,Pavani, Roochi, Karuna
lol – chow chow? using up the drafts are we? 🙂
sigh – i wish there were drafts. there are a few photographs though, not sure how long these will last!!
This was one of the veggies I learnt to eat at hostel. I think. There were a whole range of veggies that were not easily distinguished from the other and this must have been one of them. Because when I ate it after knowing what it looked like, it didn’t taste foreign.
Never made chow chow this way, nice recipe…
Never Never Chow chow,I still do not use it.This looks lovely though 🙂
Hi Lakshmi
This is a very nice one and I just like it this way.My aunt made this whenver I visited.I just went through your mom’s first cooking experience..why dont you put up the first cooking experience of yours.Your write very well..
Remember me..I was your neighbour in MathiKere,BLORE
love your blog !!! very informative and very tasty too 🙂 !!!
never seen the veg but i have seen a few recipes now. wonder how it tastes. there is something new to learn always. thanks for sharing it.
Hmmm… nice. Its raining chowchow this month 🙂 I’ll try this variation the next time I find this veggie.
This is new to me. Looks tempting 🙂
funny i never thought this variety was possible from chow chow!..sounds interesting lak!
going to try this tonight 🙂