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
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.
2. in 1/2 tbsp oil, fry both the dals along with the hing and dry red chillies.
When the dals turn golden brown, remove from pan and set aside to cool.
Grind the cooled dal mixture to a fine powder. MIne wasn’t super fine, and that’s just fine. Heh.
3. In the same pan, add 1/2 tbsp more oil and add the grated chow chow, chopped tomatoes, and the green chilly.
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.
5. Once cooled, transfer the chow chow mixture to a blender, add the coriander leaves, and blend to a paste without adding any water.
Add the dal mixture and some salt and blend again scraping down the side a couple of times. Don’t add any water.
Done! Goes super well with plain white rice and ghee. I served it with rice and kadala kozhambu.
Preeti says
May 17, 2012 at 4:45 amJust 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!!
vaishnavi says
May 9, 2012 at 1:40 pmNice 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…
Archana says
April 2, 2012 at 4:36 pmlooks delicious.
Vanamala Hebbar says
March 30, 2012 at 2:36 pmNice recipe…
Jehanne says
March 28, 2012 at 4:08 pmGuess 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?)
Nagalakshmi V says
March 29, 2012 at 12:29 amwe used to, not so much anymore 🙂
Sammy says
March 28, 2012 at 8:33 amWow, I never would have thought of a chow chow chutney.. sure I used it before… thank you for the inspiration!
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Aarthi says
March 27, 2012 at 2:23 pmchow chow chutney looks so yummy…These goes perfect with dosa too..
Zareena says
March 27, 2012 at 1:50 pmThis 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.
Vardhini says
March 27, 2012 at 1:19 pmThogayal looks yummy. We make chutney with just the peel sometimes. Learnt from MIL.
Scarlett O'Hara says
March 27, 2012 at 12:31 pmNice the recipe is, and the pics are awesome as always! 🙂
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… 🙂
May be I will post a recipe one of these days.
Hema says
March 27, 2012 at 12:00 pmNice yummy chutney, even I have a version of this with sesame seeds..
ANU says
March 27, 2012 at 11:35 amwow very nice and new..never heard of chutney with chow chow…pics are so inviting!
Arch says
March 27, 2012 at 10:50 amNever tried a chutney with this…Beautiful pictures…
Pari says
March 27, 2012 at 10:16 amHi 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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Chitra says
March 27, 2012 at 9:38 amIt looks delicious with rice. i too have a version in my archive but this is too good. will try sometime for sure.