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30 min — 10 min prep, 20 min cooking.

Chow Chow Kootu

Name: Chow Chow Kootu
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Tamil Nadu Indian
Ingredients: 400g chow chow; 500g Water; 1g Turmeric Powder; 50g Fresh Coconut; 6g green chillies; 75g Moong Dal; 3g Cumin Seeds; 5g salt; 10g Coconut Oil; 2g dry red chillies; 2g Mustard Seeds (Black); 4g Urad Dal; 3g Curry Leaves; 0.5g Asafoetida

Chayote squash with moong dal and ground coconut. Light digestible Tamil Nadu everyday kootu.

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Time 30 min · Serves 4 · 170 kcal · Central Tamil Nadu, Tamil Nadu

Ingredients

Main

chow chow — 400 g
Water — 500 g
Turmeric Powder — 1 g
Fresh Coconut — 50 g
green chillies — 6 g
Moong Dal — 75 g
Cumin Seeds — 3 g
salt — 5 g

Tempering

Coconut Oil — 10 g
dry red chillies — 2 g
Mustard Seeds (Black) — 2 g
Urad Dal — 4 g
Curry Leaves — 3 g
Asafoetida — 0.5 g

Method

Pressure cook moong dal with turmeric and water for 3 whistles.
Peel chow chow, remove the seed and cut into small cubes.
Grind coconut, cumin and green chillies to a smooth paste with little water.
Boil chow chow with salt and a cup of water till soft.
Add mashed dal and coconut paste. Simmer for 5 minutes.
Heat coconut oil. Add mustard, urad dal, red chilli, curry leaves and hing.
Pour the tempering over the kootu, mix and serve hot.

Common questions

How many calories in one plate of Chow Chow Kootu?: 170 kcal per plate.
How much cooking time?: 30 min — 10 min prep, 20 min cooking.

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