Chow Chow Buckwheat is a delicious side dish made by cooking Chow Chow with lentils, coconut, onions, spices and herbs. Chow Chow Kootu can be enjoyed as a side dish mixed with rice and is a good alternative to regular sambar and other curries. Learn how to draw Chow Chow Chow with step by step pictures.
Chow Chow Kootu is Mittu’s favorite and it is the only way she can eat even the vegetables she doesn’t like – like mother like daughter. Chow Chow Buckwheat – One of the simple buckwheat recipes, a great side dish for rice and chapati too!
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About Chow Chow Kootu
Chow Chow Kutu is made using chayote, toor dal, coconut, onion, tempering spices and herbs. Kootu is a South Indian side dish made using lentils, coconut along with vegetables of your choice.
You can also use a small pressure cooker to make this kootu quickly otherwise use the stove top boiling method which takes a little time. This buckwheat can be used as a base for many vegetables like carrots, beans, etc.
I always use this recipe as the base for most of my buckwheat dishes. To make buckwheat thick, you can also mix rice flour with water in it. This is a tip I learned from my mom.
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Chow Chow Buckwheat Ingredients
- Chow Chow – Chow Chow, also known as chayote, is used for this buckwheat.
- spice paste Coarsely ground coconut along with cumin seeds is used in this kutu.
- turmeric powder- Turmeric powder is added for color and taste.
- Pigeon pea– Toor dal is cooked, mashed and added.
- Tadka – The basic tadka is made from oil, mustard seeds, urad dal, asafoetida, curry leaves and green chillies.
How to make Chow Chow Kutu step by step
1. Peel the vegetables and chop them finely. Grind coconut and cumin to make a coarse paste and keep it aside. Add toor dal, turmeric, water and cook until soft. – Mash it well with a ladle and keep it aside.
2. Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds and let them splutter, then add urad dal, green chillies, asafoetida and curry leaves. Then add onion and fry until onion shrinks. Add chow chow along with turmeric powder, fry for 2 minutes until the raw smell goes away
3. Then add cooked dal and required water and cover and cook until the vegetable becomes soft, add salt as required. Let it boil and keep stirring occasionally.
4.Then add coconut paste to it and let it boil until it thickens. Switch off. Chow Chow Kutu is ready!
Serve hot with rice!
Expert Tips
- Add coconut paste only after the vegetables are cooked.
- The curry will thicken with time so adjust it accordingly.
- You can also take chana dal instead of toor dal.
serving and storage
Chow Chow Kutu can be served with rice, roti etc. This buckwheat keeps well in the refrigerator for 2 days, reheat and serve.
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Chow Chow Buckwheat Recipe Chayote Buckwheat Recipe
Chow Chow Buckwheat is a delicious side dish made by cooking Chow Chow with lentils, coconut, onions, spices and herbs. Chow Chow Kootu can be enjoyed as a side dish mixed with rice and is a good alternative to regular sambar and other curries. Learn how to draw Chow Chow Chow with step by step pictures.
Material
- 1 medium sized chow chow cut into small cubes
- 2 tablespoon Pigeon pea
- 1 medium sized onion finely chopped
- a pinch of turmeric powder
- salt to taste
to Grind:
- 2 tablespoon grated coconut
- 1 small spoon cumin/cumin
To get angry:
- 2 small spoon Oil
- one and a half small spoon mustard seeds
- one and a half small spoon urad dal
- A generous pinch of asafoetida/perungayam
- 10 Curry leaf
- 1 chopped green chillies
Instruction
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– Peel the vegetable and chop it finely. Grind coconut and cumin to make a coarse paste and keep it aside. Add toor dal, turmeric, water and cook until soft. – Mash it well with a ladle and keep it aside.
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Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds and let them splutter, then add urad dal, green chillies, asafoetida and curry leaves. Then add onion and fry until onion shrinks. Add chow chow along with turmeric powder, fry for 2 minutes until the raw smell goes away
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Then add cooked lentils and water as required and cover and cook until the vegetable becomes soft, add salt as required. Let it boil and keep stirring occasionally.
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Then add coconut paste to it and let it boil until it thickens. Switch off. Chow Chow Kutu is ready!
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Serve hot with rice!
notes
- Add coconut paste only after the vegetables are cooked.
- The curry will thicken with time so adjust it accordingly.
- You can also take chana dal instead of toor dal.
nutrition Facts
Chow Chow Buckwheat Recipe Chayote Buckwheat Recipe
Quantity per serving (75 grams)
calories 93
Calories from Fat 27
% daily value*
thick 3g5%
saturated fat 1 g6%
Trans Fat 0.01 grams
Polyunsaturated Fat 1 g
monounsaturated fat 1 g
sodium 708 mg31%
potassium 150 mg4%
carbohydrates 14 g5%
fiber 4g17%
sugar 3 grams3%
protein 4g8%
Vitamin A 136IU3%
vitamin C 75 mg91%
calcium 48 mg5%
Iron 1mg6%
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
