Friday, July 18, 2008

Potato Chow Chow/Chayote Masala

On my last trip to india my aunt B cooked this dish for everyone.Aunt B is a superwomen, i must say.One of the well balanced woman i have seen.She is a high ranking officer,super mom,wife,super chef and of course a sweet aunt.To me, someone comes to my mind whenever i hear about some dish..:-D.So, Aunt B comes to my mind whenever somebody say Chicken Fry.I will post her delicious recipe soon.Thanks to Aunt B , for sharing this recipe with Me.




Ingredients

Potato - 3 (cut into small cubes)
Chow chow - 1 (cut into small cubes)
Onion - 1 (chopped)
Ginger garlic paste - 2 tbsp
Red chilli powder - 2 1/2tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Coconut milk powder - 2tbsp
Salt - as needed
Oil - 2tbsp
Coriander leaves - for garnishing (chopped)


Method

Boil chow chow and potato separately until almost cooked.In a pan, heat oil and fry onions until golden brown.Now add ginger garlic paste,red chilli powder,turmeric powder and saute very well until oil separates.Now add chow chow and potatoes and mix everything carefully.Mix 2 tbsp of coconut milk powder in 1/2 cup water and pour this into the pan.Cook in medium heat until verything comes together well and garnish with chopped coriander leaves.Serve this with roti or rice.

12 comments:

indosungod said...

Love the color of the dish. I have this love hate relationship with chayote. But with potatoes I am sure it tastes awesome.

Anonymous said...

Dish looks awesome and this is a quite a new combo to me. But the color and the dish looks perfect . by the way I love bowl maheswari looks cute.

Kalva said...

Loveley colors dear.. awesome!!

Coffee and Vanilla said...

Sounds delicious!!
By the way, I love the new look of your blog :)

Margot

EC said...

Lovely colour..a unique combi of vegetables

Cham said...

Lovely color of curry, looks fiery :)

vandana rajesh said...

yummy potatoes maheshwari...gr8 pics...looks really delicious

Anonymous said...

This looks like a nice comfort food.Love the colour.

Indian Khana said...

At Last I'll be able to make anything else other than my chow chow dal...the recipe is almost same..I need to replace the dal with potato..but it never stuck me !!!
Thanks for sharing the recipe...its looks great..the rich red colour is so inviting ..

Kalai said...

Delicious and colorful dish, Maheswari! I will surely try this one! :)

Sujatha said...

I love the curry! chow and chow and potato is a very interesting combination! bookmarking!

Deepthi Shankar said...

Hey , I didnt get what Chow chow is ..