Cho Cho Thuvaiyal

Total Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 1 medium cho cho
• 1 teaspoon tamarind paste or 1 teaspoon tamcon
• 2 teaspoons urad dal (black gram dal)
• 2 teaspoons channa dal (bengal gram dal)
• 3 dried red chili peppers
• 2 teaspoons dessicated dry coconut
• 1/2 teaspoon asafetida powder
• salt
• 1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds

Recipe

• 1 cut the cho cho diagonally in half and remove the seed.
• 2 grate the cho cho.
• 3 in a kadai or dutch pot, add 1/2 tsp of oil.
• 4 lightly roast the chana dal, urad dal and the dry red chilli.
• 5 saute the grated cho cho separately for about 5 minutes.
• 6 now grind the chana dal, urad dal, chilli, dry coconut and the tamarind paste to a medium consistency.
• 7 add salt to taste.
• 8 in a dutch pot add 1/2 tsp of oil and when the oil becomes hot add the mustard seeds and when it starts to crackle add the asafoetida powder.
• 9 add this to the thuvaiyal and mix it thoroughly.
• 10 serve the thuvaiyal with hot rice, as it tastes so good and is delicious to eat.