Description
Ingredients
- 2 med chayote Squash
- 1/2 cup Shredded coconut
- 2 Green chillies, crushed
- turmeric, to taste
- salt, to taste
- mustard
- 1 Red chilli
- urad dal
- oil, (seasoning)
- curry leaves, (seasoning)
Directions
1 Peel skin of Squash.
2 Cube.
3 Cook with a little water, turmeric and salt.
4 When done yet firm, add coconut and green chilli mix.
5 Pour seasoning on top.
6 If there"s more liquid it becomes kootu, if moist but not liquidy then poduthual.
7 Variations: can do plaintanos (raw, green or, if not there, very, very green chiquita bananas) for a vazhakai poduthual/thoran.
8 Also can do red pumpkin/butternut squash similarly.
9 An excellent and quick ckakka thoran is also possible.
10 A thai canned product is green jackfruit, already cooked.
11 Just shred this by hand, prepare seasoning in 5-6 tablespoons oil and toss crushed coconut and green chillies in. salt.
12 Stir well and remove when thoroughly heated through and still moist.
13 This dish needs a fair amount of coconut, and the fresh one is preferred.