Chow chow is rich in Vitamin C and potassium, and 1 cup counts for around 40 calories. The vegetable in itself is quite tasteless but chow chow bhath and chow chow kootu recipe seem to be quite popular, especially in Andhra cuisine. I’ve also made a delicious chow chow chutney recipe you may wish to try.
Chow chow cut into half
Here is the recipe for Chow Chow Sambar (Chayote Squash Cooked with Lentils)
Ingredients:
Chow chow – one, cubed
Toor dal – 1/2 cup
Water – 2 cups
Turmeric – one pinch
Green chillies – 2, slit on the sides
Onion – 1
Salt – to taste
Tamarind paste – 1 tbsp
Sambar powder – 1 tbsp
For seasoning
Mustard seeds, curry leaves, chilly powder, chopped coriander leaves.
Instructions:
1. Pressure cook the dal with chillies, turmeric, cubed onions, and chow chow.
2. Add tamarind paste to the cooked dal. Also add the sambhar powder. Adjust water to get the consistency you like.
3. Heat oil in a separate kadai, add mustard seeds, chilly powder and curry leaves and fry for 10 seconds. Add to the dal mixture. Mix well. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves.
Chow chow sambar with curd rice
I served chow chow sambar with some curd rice.
Hi,
This looks so good, I am anxious to try it, but the Sambar powder puts a crimp in my plans. I have none.
Do you make your own Sambar powder, or buy it?
The various recipes I have seen look too hard. Is there a recipe you recommend?
If you have bought it, what brand do you like?
THANKS!
hi tara, i use homemade sambar powder which my sister gives me so that’s no help to you. If you get Eastern brand sambar powder, that’s a good bet. or you can make your own sambar powder fresh before proceeding to make sambar. just follow this sambar powder recipe.
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Nice pic, Nags…..
We used to grow chayote as a kid and loved eating it. But as an adult, I’ve almost forgotten about it!:(
Thanks for the delicious reminder!
Hi Nags, I never knew chow chow was another name for chayote! I love chayote! The seed is the special treat — oh yum. You’re making me crave this now… I always love sambhar and with chayote… I must get to the store tomorrow 🙂
I love chow chow in kootu….havent tried in sambar…
I love chayote.
It’s sooo good. And amazing how many different names it has in various cultures.
The soup (i think), looks excellent.
The Sambhar looks so yummy! I can smell it! Happy Valentine’s Day!
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I didn’t know chow chow was a vegetable!!! Isn’t chow chow bath a combination of kara bath and kesari bath, or am I thinking of something else?
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This is Synchronicity. I’ve been thinking about some nice creamy curd rice and your blog features 2 versions :). Btw, do you have a recipe for home made sambar powder?
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Looks soooo good. I would go to town on this sambhar…all I’ll need is some hot rice and ghee :o)
i have seen this veggie here and wondered what to do with this..i will try your recipe with this now. Looks yummy.
lovely sambhar! How come your chayote doesn’t get mushy when you pressure cook it like mine? Is there a secret? beautiful photo by the way! Happy v-day to you!
i always hated this veggie while growing up. i have to make sure that i dont hate it anymore by cooking ur sambar:)
We make vegetable and kootu of chowchow…never tried sambar still, thanks for the idea
Chow chow??? haven’t seen it..will try a sambar when I get it..
chow chow in sambar sounds like a good idea. looks so delicious.
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lovely sambhar….when ever i make sambhar i add chow chow …it tastes grt…rite…………
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Those look exactly as I remember we used to get in B’lore, long and green.YUM! I love that veggie. We get a shorter and fatter Spanish ones here, expensive too but will buy anyway!:)
Sambhar looks delicious. I just made green mango sambhar I bought fro th Indian grocery store last week!:))
Sambar looks delish Nags, I make it too but without the sambar powder..
Nice pic, Nags…..
I have never used this vegetable. But the sambar indeed looks so good.
I cook chow chow in many ways, usually, curry, dal, kootu etc., Never used in Sambar. I am sure it must have taste excellent.
This tastes great- I know ‘cos I make it too.:-)
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Never saw this veggie at my place in any grocery or vegetable store, is it similar to bottle guard?
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Lovely Sambhar Nags! It looks so delicious.. Sambhar & curds go together.. i love it!