சௌ சௌ பொரியல் | Chow chow stir fry |Chayote Squash stir fry |

Chayote is a low calorie vegetable which is a good source of folate, vitamin C and dietary fibre. It’s not so popular when compared to other squash/gourd varieties. Though we use chayote squash as a vegetable. It is often referred to as vegetable pear because of it’s shape and pale green colour. In South India it is known by various names like chow chow or Bangalore kathrikka (in Tamil), sheema kathrikka (in Malayalam), seema vankaya or Bengaluru vankaaya (in Telugu) and Seeme badanekayi (in Kannada). Chayote is mostly used in curries and stir fry’s in South Indian cuisine.
The freshly roasted spice blend of coconut, dried red chillies paired well with the subtle sweetness of chow chow, lifting the flavours of this poriyal. This spice blend can also be added to other vegetable poriyals to add a different taste. As chayote has a slight sweet flavour, I used 4 dried red chillies to have that extra kick of spice. So adjust the amount of red chillies depending on the spice level you can take in. The chow chow has to be cooked just enough so that retains the shape but is still soft. Since chow chow or chayote does not take much time to cook, I prefer to cook in a pan with a lid with very little water. You can also steam it or pressure cook for 1 whistle.
I loved eating this stir fry just like that because it is so delicious!!! We had the chow chow poriyal with drumstick (murungaikkai) sambar, appalam, fried bittergourd (pavakkai) chips and yogurt. Yum! This poriyal does not take much time to prep and cook, so makes a healthy and quick side dish for sambar / kuzhambu (curries). This is a no-onion no-garlic recipe, ideal to make on festival or (fasting) days.

[@MookkamalBaby]

YUMMY

[@nishaznishaz180]

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Started with chow chow porial
Making step by step with perfectly
Adding of ingredients giving correct measurements will be very useful for us
Thankuu so much for your valuable sharing as usual will give my support continuously❤

[@TamizhSamayalUngalukaaga]

Thanks a lot 🙏

[@The_kitchen_chef]

Nice video 👍👌🥰😍😋🙏