Chayote or Miriton(Chow Chow) Poricha Kolambu

Ingredients:

Chow Chow -1
Thoor dhall - 3 tbsp
Garlic - 10 pods
Coconut(scrapped) - 2 tbsp
Cashew nuts - 5
Rice flour - 2 tsp
Red chillies - 2
Urad dhall - 1 tsp
Turmeric powder - a pinch
Asafoetida - a pinch
Salt - to taste

Method:

Grind coconut, cashew nuts and rice flour smoothly and keep it aside. Now cook thoor dhall and chow chow in the pressure pan. Add the ground mixture, salt and turmeric powder to it. Now season with urad dhall and red chillies. Finally add enough water and let it boil for a while. Keep stirring when it boils. Poricha kolambu is ready. :)

This is a super cool combi with hot steamed rice and mango pickle. Happy cooking :)





Written by: Nithya
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