Ingredients vegetarian 4 servings

• 1 cup Cayote Squash
• 1 tsp Mustard seeds (Rai)
• 1 tsp Urad dal
• 2 tsp Channa dal
• 2 Dry Red chillies
• a pinch of Asafoetida (Hing)
• 3 tsp Vegetable Oil
• 1 sprig of Curry leaves
• Salt to taste.

•  1/2 cup Fresh Coconut
•  1 tsp Cumin seeds (Jeera)
•  4-5 Green chillies

Directions

1. Cut Cayote into pieces & boil them. keep aside.
2. Grind Coconut, cumin seeds & green chillies with little water untill it is smooth.
3. Heat Oil in a kadai. Add Hing & mustard seeds.
4. When the seeds crackle, add Urad dal, Channa dal, Curry leaves & Dry red chillies. Fry untill the dal's turn light brown.
5. Add in the boiled Cayote pieces & fry for a minute.
6. Add the ground paste with little water to get an consistency of a gravy. Boil for 5-6 mins.
7. Add Salt, mix well.
8. Serve with Plain Rice just like Rasam or Sambar. By keeping the consistency thick, it can be served with Chapati.

 Note : Can add any other vegetables like potato, papdi, white pumpkin, etc.

Comments

Soujanya Hariprasad

Hi Neelam...Cayote is also called as Chow Chow, SeemeBadhnekaayi, Bangalore Katrikkai, SeemaVankaya, Sheema Katrika, Ishkus, DasGoos. I was able to findout only this. Hope it will help you.

Neelam

Please tell me what is Cayote? Neelam Saxena

Soujanya Hariprasad

Hi Usha...sorry i forgot to mention in my receipe. At the end before removing from heat add in boiled Toor Dal about 1/2 cup.

usha

this dish is very nice.you can add 2tbsp of cooked moong dal to make it thick to go with chappatis.it will be more nutritious also