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Friday, July 30, 2010

CHAYOTE-RED CHORI CURRY

Ingredients:
Dry red chori - 1/2 cup
Chayote -1 small
Onion - 1/2 cup chopped
Coconut (grated) - 1/2 cup
Tamarind paste -1 Tbsp
Red chillies - 3-4
Coriander seeds - 1 Tbsp
Jeera /cumin seeds - 1 tsp
Salt - To taste
Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
Curry leaves - 1 sprig
Oil - 1 tbsp

Method:
Soak the red chori for half an hr and pressure cook the beans separately. Beans should retain its shape after cooking.
Wash the squash and peel the outside. Chop it into big cubes and cook it separately.
Heat oil in pan and saute coriander seeds and red chilli for 1-2 min.
Grind the coconut along with red chillies, tamarind,coriander seeds and jeera to smooth paste.
In same pan heat some oil. Add the mustard seeds, curry leaves and then the chopped onions. Cook until it turns transparent.
Add the ground paste and cook for a minute. Add the cooked red beans,squash, salt. Mix well.
Cook the curry in low flame for couple of minutes.
Serve with rice/rotis/chapathis.

1 comment:

das said...

very good pictures, tasty curries and much more delicious.