Mom's Recipies

Ingredients:-

1 chayote / Chow Chow / Seema Vankaya -peeled and cubed
1/4 cup fresh coconut, grated
1 tsp Chili Powder
1 Tbsp oil
1 tsp chanadal
1/2 tsp mustard seeds
1/2 tsp cumin seeds
A pinch of hing
1/4 tsp turmeric powder
few curry leaves
Salt to taste


Method:-

First wash the chayote , peel,and slice to half, remove seed and dice to bite-sized cubes.Heat oil in a pan and add mustard seeds. When the mustard seeds start to pop add the chana dal,cumin seeds, hing and curry leaves.When Chana dal starts to turn reddish, add the chayote cubes and salt. Mix once and cover the pan with a lid and cook on a low flame till the chayote cubes turn tender. Then add chili powder & grated fresh coconut and mix well. Let it cook for a couple of minutes more and turn off the stove.
Serve with rice or rotis.