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Chow Chow Chutney Recipe | Chow Chow Thogayal Recipe

November 24, 2015 16 Comments

Chow chow chutney is tough to imagine, right? I mean, there’s this vegetable, and I am saying I made chutney with it. It looks fine but you have no idea how it tastes. I know, I understand. But trust me when I say it was delicious. I had my moments of doubt too, but in the end, it turned out fabulous. What’s more, this is a chutney recipe that uses no coconut!

Chow Chow Chutney Recipe

I like chow chow and make chow chow sambar or chow chow kootu very regularly since it’s easily available in the vegetable markets here. But a chutney? Let’s see how that goes.

Chow Chow Chutney (Thuvaiyal) Recipe

Chow Chow Chutney Recipe

Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 15 minutes
Makes ~2 cups chutney Serves 4-6
Adapted from: Dakshin by Chandra Padmanabhan

Ingredients:
1 medium-sized chow chow
1 tomato
1 tbsp of oil
1 green chilly
1 small bunch of coriander leaves (cilantro)
2 tbsp of toor dal
1 tbsp of skinned urad dal
2-3 dry red chillies
1/2 tsp of hing/asafoetida/perungaayam
Salt to taste

How to make Chow Chow Chutney:

1. Peel and grate the chow chow. Chope the tomatoes into small pieces and roughly chop up the coriander leaves.
                                     Chow Chow Chutney Recipe

Chow Chow Chutney Recipe

2. in 1/2 tbsp oil, fry both the dals along with the hing and dry red chillies.

Chow Chow Chutney Recipe

When the dals turn golden brown, remove from pan and set aside to cool.

Chow Chow Chutney Recipe

Grind the cooled dal mixture to a fine powder. MIne wasn’t super fine, and that’s just fine. Heh.

Chow Chow Chutney Recipe

3. In the same pan, add 1/2 tbsp more oil and add the grated chow chow, chopped tomatoes, and the green chilly.

Chow Chow Chutney Recipe

4. The chow chow will let out water and turn a duller colour. Cook until the water has evaporated and the tomatoes turn softy and mushy – around 5-6 minutes. Set aside to cool.

Chow Chow Chutney Recipe

5. Once cooled, transfer the chow chow mixture to a blender, add the coriander leaves, and blend to a paste without adding any water.

Chow Chow Chutney Recipe

Add the dal mixture and some salt and blend again scraping down the side a couple of times. Don’t add any water.

Chow Chow Chutney Recipe

Done! Goes super well with plain white rice and ghee. I served it with rice and kadala kozhambu.

Chow Chow Chutney Recipe

In case you want to take a look at the book I got the recipe from, check it out on Amazon or Flipkart.

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  1. Preeti

    May 17, 2012 at 4:45 am

    Just wanted to say that I made this chutney this evening and it was lip smacking delicious even though our eyes were watering due to the heat from the chilis! This recipe's bookmarked, thanks for sharing!!

    Reply
  2. vaishnavi

    May 9, 2012 at 1:40 pm

    Nice recipe…My Granny used to do the same thogayil, with its skin… Chow chow tholi thogayal, wat we call it…Its so nice, and you can use the veggie for kootu and its peel for thogayal…Try ths also…

    Reply
  3. Archana

    April 2, 2012 at 4:36 pm

    looks delicious.

    Reply
  4. Vanamala Hebbar

    March 30, 2012 at 2:36 pm

    Nice recipe…

    Reply
  5. Jehanne

    March 28, 2012 at 4:08 pm

    Guess what, I don't know what chow chow is! Shame on me, time to investigate at my local market then. Btw, to answer you, I have just moved to Singapore recently, Nags..so count me in for any bloggers meetups ( is there any?)

    Reply
    • Nagalakshmi V

      March 29, 2012 at 12:29 am

      we used to, not so much anymore πŸ™‚

      Reply
  6. Sammy

    March 28, 2012 at 8:33 am

    Wow, I never would have thought of a chow chow chutney.. sure I used it before… thank you for the inspiration!
    luv sammy

    Reply
  7. Aarthi

    March 27, 2012 at 2:23 pm

    chow chow chutney looks so yummy…These goes perfect with dosa too..

    Reply
  8. Zareena

    March 27, 2012 at 1:50 pm

    This looks lovely and yummy. I only made kootu and that too it didn't come out well. So I stopped buying chow chow. Will try this and see.

    Reply
  9. Vardhini

    March 27, 2012 at 1:19 pm

    Thogayal looks yummy. We make chutney with just the peel sometimes. Learnt from MIL.

    Reply
  10. Scarlett O'Hara

    March 27, 2012 at 12:31 pm

    Nice the recipe is, and the pics are awesome as always! πŸ™‚
    You know, Chow chow is a pretty common vegetable for Chutney in Konkan cuisine(the Mangalorean side), as usual we add lots of coconut to it… πŸ™‚
    May be I will post a recipe one of these days.

    Reply
  11. Hema

    March 27, 2012 at 12:00 pm

    Nice yummy chutney, even I have a version of this with sesame seeds..

    Reply
  12. ANU

    March 27, 2012 at 11:35 am

    wow very nice and new..never heard of chutney with chow chow…pics are so inviting!

    Reply
  13. Arch

    March 27, 2012 at 10:50 am

    Never tried a chutney with this…Beautiful pictures…

    Reply
  14. Pari

    March 27, 2012 at 10:16 am

    Hi Nags,
    Long time that I visited your space.
    The chutney with chow chow, definitely caught my attention and it does sound simple and interesting. Thanks for sharing.

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  15. Chitra

    March 27, 2012 at 9:38 am

    It looks delicious with rice. i too have a version in my archive but this is too good. will try sometime for sure.

    Reply

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