Chayote peanut masala | Chow chow verkadalai kootu, I got this wonderful recipe from a friend, which is easy to make a one-pot recipe. It neither take much time to cook nor many ingredients. Chayote peanut masala/ Chow chow verkadalai kootu is also a low carb dish. Those who following a low carb diet can take this as whole food by adjusting (reducing) the number of spice powders. Or else if you have it with millets/ quinoa, you can use the same quantity of spice powders as mentioned. Furthermore this would be a good side dish for all types of rice
Let us see how to make Chayote peanut masala/ Chow chow verkadalai kootu.
Chayote peanut masala/ Chow chow verkadalai kootu
Ingredients
- ½ cup peanut (raw)(unroasted)
- 350 gram chayote
- 1 tbsp oil
- ½ tsp mustard seeds
- ½ tsp cumin
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1 green chilly
- 1 onion(chopped)
- 1 tomato(chopped)
- 1 tsp coriander powder
- 1 tsp Kashmiri red chili powder
- ½ tsp turmeric powder
- ½ tsp garam masala powder
- salt to taste
Instructions
- Firstly, take ½ cup of peanuts, pour in hot water to immerse, soak it for 30 minutes
- Meanwhile, secondly, wash, wipe and peel off the chayote, cut into medium-sized pieces
- Heat the oil in a pressure cooker, splutter mustard seeds, cumin. Add garlic and green chilly, saute
- Add chopped onion, fry it becomes translucent
- Now add chopped tomato, saute
- Add spice powders 1 tsp of coriander powder, 1 tsp Kashmiri red chili powder, ½ tsp of garam masala powder, ½ tsp turmeric powder
- Fry it for 30 seconds in low flame just to get rid off raw smell
- add chopped chayote and soaked peanut
- pour ½ cup of water, give it a mix
- add ½ tsp of salt now
- pressure cook it for 3 whistles
- After pressure releases, open the lid, add salt if it's needed, It is done
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finally, mix well, it’s done, Transfer it the serving bowl
Now the masala is ready. It is good side dish for all rice varieties and rotis
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