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Please post the receipes for the vegetable "Chow Chow"

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• From: Ramki (@ 1cust3.tnt3.bloomington.il.da.uu.net) on: Sun Sep 15 20:16:16
  
  chow chow curry
  chow chow is chayote squash,also called bangalore katrikai in chennai. there r lots of versions of making a good recipe from this vegetable like kuttu,curry,tovial,puting it in sambhar and mor khozumbu.
  now for a start herez a very easy curry.
  cut chow chow into peices of 1'' after peeling the skin. heat oil add mustard,whole red chillies,and curry leaves. allow it to splutter. add chow chow and fry for a min. add tumeric,salt and chilli powder 1tsp each and salt acc to taste.
  cook till the vegetable is done. finally add coconut grated abt 2tsp and serve hot with rice and sambhar.
  enjoy
  Ramki
  
  
• From: senthil (@ sanan-p1-max1-69-95.wcsonline.net) on: Fri Sep 20 22:18:06
  
  Thank you very much. More receipe's please.....
  
  
• From: R (@ bgp530486bgs.ebrnsw01.nj.comcast.net) on: Thu Oct 10 03:52:59
  
  try chow chow kootu, one of the best.
  
  try making curry with sambhar powder.
  
  
• From: NellaiAmmani (@ pcp187235pcs.trentn01.nj.comcast.net) on: Thu Mar 13 18:49:07
  
  Chow chow kootu .
  
  Cook the cut pieces of Chow Chow with 3 to 4 pieces of garlic in 1/2 cup of water. Keep this aside (do not drain the water ).Grind 1 tbsp of coconut, 3 pinches of cumin (use your first three fingers to pinch ) and mix this with the cooked Chow chow. Keep it on the stove till the raw smell goes off(may be 3 to 4 minutes)Season it with mustard, red chilli and curry leaves.
  
  This dish goes very well with kulambu (any kind)
  
  Enjoy,
  
  NellaiAmmani
  
  
• From: cindrella (@ cache7.156ce.scvmaxonline.com.sg) on: Fri Mar 14 07:07:00
  
  hai this is recipe for chow chow halwa,
  grate the chow chow and then fry them in the ghee until the raw smell goeas now add the milk simmer them until the milk is condensed nicely now add some more ghee and mix well stir it untill the ghee comes out and atlast add the sugar as needed and the mix well for sometime garnish with roasted cashews and powdered cardamom its same like carrot halwa but it tastes like palkova.try out !
  
  
• From: Sowmya (@ pfg-ha-cp.principal.com) on: Thu May 15 14:50:29
  
  Try this recipe. It is easy, tasty and healthy (less oil)..
  
  1 - chow chow
  1 1/2 hand full of thoor dhal
  1/2 hand full of channa dhal
  1 medium sized onion
  1 medium sized tomato
  3-4 spoons of oil
  1 - red chilli (varies)
  curry leaves
  mustard
  1/2 spoon - jeera
  1 spoon - sambhar powder
  
  Remove chow chow skin and cut into medium sized cubes. Pressure cook cut pieces with some thoor dhal, half hand full of channa dhal and a pinch of turmeric.
  
  Heat about 3 or 4 spoons of oil in a pan, add mustard seeds allow it to splatter, add a spoon of jeera, add one red chilli (varies depending on how hot/spicy u need), add few curry leaves, add finely chopped onion, cood it for few minutes, add finely chopped tomato cook it for few minutes, add cooked chow chow/dhAl, add sambhar powder, sald and allow it to boil for 5 minutes. Garnish with coriander leaves/cilantro.
  
  It goes well with rice/chapathi.
  
  Try cooking and enjoy eating it! Let me know how it comes out.
  
  
• From: jm (@ 203.116.61.131) on: Tue May 27 22:49:23 EDT 2003
  
  u can also make chow chow skin thugayal
  
  if chow chow is very fresh the scrape the skin and then fry it in oil (if the quantity is less then can fry a few small pieces of chow chow also)
  
  in another pan fry in little oil urad dal, red chillies
  grind all with salt, hing & marble size tamarind.
  
  
• From: Skanthavelu Nadarajah (@ edtntnt7-port-277.dial.telus.net) on: Tue May 27 23:05:27 EDT 2003
  
  What is chow chow? Is it a kind of namkeen?
  
  
• From: Idiappam (@ cache138.156ce.maxonline.com.sg) on: Wed May 28 05:04:52 EDT 2003
  
  Chow chow?? dunno if it is a namkeen, but it belongs to the pumpkin family - Sechium edule, Cucurbitaceae
  
  View picture at:
  http://www.londonfruit.com/chayote.html
  
  
• From: Roshan (@ 203.115.13.90) on: Wed May 28 07:08:56 EDT 2003
  
  Idiappam,
  Wow!!!! thanks for that link...it's wonderful with useful information about fruits etc..
  
  
• From: Skanthavelu Nadarajah (@ edtntnt11-port-80.dial.telus.net) on: Wed May 28 10:11:18 EDT 2003
  
  Okay. Chow chow is a vegitable properly known as chayote! I always thought it was a snack(namkeen) of some sort. These different recipes with chow chow aka chayote sound delicious.
  
  
• From: Ramadas (@ dclient217-162-114-70.hispeed.ch) on: Thu May 29 09:19:20 EDT 2003
  
  Chow Chow MuLakushyam:
  Remove skin and cut chow chow into small cubes and keep ready (two cups). Pressure cook one cup of tuvar dhal until it become very soft and soggy. In a separate vessel add the chowchow pieces and the dhal and cook well with enough water adding salt and turmeric powder (half teaspoon). During this time, grind half cup of coconut meat with a teaspoon of cumin seeds and three of four dried red chillies into a thick gravy. When the chow-chow pieces are cooked add in the coconut gravy and bring to boil. Take out from heat. In a dry kadaai pour two teaspoons of oil (preferably coconut oil) and heat. Add two teaspoons of mustard seeds and when they splutter, lower the heat and add three spoons of grated coconut and a some curry leaves. Saute the coconut gratings until they become pink and then add this mixture into the chow-chow curry.
  
  
• From: Vinaya (@ dialup-67.73.168.80.dial1.chicago1.level3.net) on: Thu Jul 17 12:49:54 EDT 2003
  
  Chow Chow Thuvayal
  
  This is similar to coconut thuvaiyal. Fry Urud dhal, red chillies, asafoetida a pinch, tamarind a small lemon size ball till the dhal is red in color. Then fry the diced chow chow in tille oil till they b'come soft & tender. Then grind everything together by adding reqiured amount of salt to it. Finally add the fried/spluttered mustard to it.
  
  

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