Recipe: Perfect Chayote squash/chow chow poriyal

Chayote squash/chow chow poriyal. Chow Chow Poriyal is one of the simple stir-fry and easy to make. Chow Chow along with onion, capsicum and coconut makes this poriyal more interesting. This poriyal goes well with any South Indian main courses like Kuzhambu, sambar or rasam varieties.

After add the chillies and wait for them to crackle. To begin making Chow Chow Pasi Paruppu Poriyal Recipe (Chayote Squash And Moong Stir Fry), peel the skin, core the centre and chop the chayote squash into small cubes and keep aside. Heat oil in a heavy bottomed pan, add the mustard seeds and let it splutter. You can cook Chayote squash/chow chow poriyal using 9 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Chayote squash/chow chow poriyal

1. You need 1 of chayote squash.
2. It's 1 of onion.
3. It's 3 of green chillies.
4. You need 2 of red chillies.
5. It's 3 tablespoons of moong dal soaked.
6. You need 2 tablespoons of Grated coconut.
7. It's 1 teaspoon of mustard.
8. You need leaves of Curry.
9. You need As required of Salt.

Add chopped chow chow, turmeric powder, sambar powder, hing, cumin powder and salt to taste. Steps to make Chayote squash/chow chow poriyal: Cut the chayote squash into cubes and chop the onions into bite sized. In a pan add oil and mustard,once crackled add curry leaves. After add the chillies and wait for them to crackle.

Chayote squash/chow chow poriyal instructions

1. Cut the chayote squash into cubes and chop the onions into bite sized.Make sure the moongdal is soaked for around 15 minutes and drained..
2. In a pan add oil and mustard,once crackled add curry leaves.After add the chillies and wait for them to crackle..
3. Add in the onions and wait for them to turn translucent..
4. Add in the chopped chayote squash and required salt.cover and cook for 5 minutes..
5. After 5 minutes once the squash is half cooked add in the soaked moong dal, cover and cook for another 10 minutes..
6. Once cooked add in the grated coconut, stir and switch off the stove..
7. It’s done!.

Chow Chow Poriyal (Thoran) / Vegan Chayote Squash Stir-fry. Easy and healthy South Indian Tamilnadu style recipe for Chow Chow poriyal / thoran without coconut. Steamed Chayote squash tempered with indian spices. In this recipe, I have enriched the poriyal by adding onions, capsicum and coconut. The pale green chayote squash, is widely used in South Indian.