Chou Chou Koot

== Ingredients ==
* 2 medium chayote squash
* ½ 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 ==
# Peel skin of squash.
# Cube.
# Cook with a little water, turmeric and salt.
# When done yet firm, add coconut and green chilli mix.
# Pour seasoning on top.
# If there's more liquid it becomes kootu, if moist but not liquidy then poduthual.
== Variations ==
* You can do plantains (raw, green or, if not there, very, very green chiquita bananas) for a vazhakai poduthual/thoran.
* Also can do red pumpkin/butternut squash similarly.
* An excellent and quick ckakka thoran is also possible.
* A thai canned product is green jackfruit, already cooked. Just shred this by hand, prepare seasoning in 5-6 tablespoons oil and toss crushed coconut and green chillies in. salt. Stir well and remove when thoroughly heated through and still moist.
* This dish needs a fair amount of coconut, and the fresh one is preferred.
Category:Chayote Recipes
Category:Chile pepper Recipes
Category:Coconut Recipes
Category:Curry leaf Recipes
Category:Mustard seed Recipes
Category:Turmeric Recipes
Category:Urad dal Recipes
Category:Vegetarian Recipes