Sunday, April 26, 2009
Chayote or Miriton(Chow Chow) Poricha Kolambu
Ingredients:
Chow Chow -1
Thoor dhall - 3 tbsp
Garlic - 10 pods
Coconut(scrapped) - 2 tbsp
Cashew nuts - 5
Rice flour - 2 tsp
Red chillies - 2
Urad dhall - 1 tsp
Turmeric powder - a pinch
Asafoetida - a pinch
Salt - to taste
Method:
Grind coconut, cashew nuts and rice flour smoothly and keep it aside. Now cook thoor dhall and chow chow in the pressure pan. Add the ground mixture, salt and turmeric powder to it. Now season with urad dhall and red chillies. Finally add enough water and let it boil for a while. Keep stirring when it boils. Poricha kolambu is ready. :)
This is a super cool combi with hot steamed rice and mango pickle. Happy cooking :)
Written by: Nithya
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Kolambu / Saambar
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2 comments:
Ooh some pakka Tamil fare! I am so happy to know your blog. This is one of my faves, and as you mentioned goes great as a combo!
Hey Nithya...i came across your blog very recently...and i have tried a few..they were yummy...thanks a ton for the sharing....what is to be done with garlic pods in the abve...to be grinded with the cashews...? pls help
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