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Chow Chow Sambar Recipe – Sambar Recipe with Chow Chow

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I saw this vegetable – chow chow aka chayote squash – in Reliance Fresh and immediately wanted to try it out. I had heard about chow chow bhath but I had a certain someone visiting me over the weekend and he is not much of a variety rice person. So we decided on a simple chow chow sambhar to be served with curd rice.

Chow chow/Chayote Squash

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.

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  1. Tara

    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!

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    • nags

      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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  5. Linda

    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 🙂

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  9. Dhivya

    hey lovely sambar…looks yummy..and one more u look like “nayan dhara”(since i’ve sent AFAM papaya to ur gmail acc..i can see ur orkut profile.automatically it shows urs)

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  11. Sig

    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?
    Looks like Vday came early for you this year? 🙂

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  12. Madhumita.

    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?

    Great collection here.

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  15. Alpa

    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!

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  22. Asha

    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!:))

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