Seemebadane Kai Palya (Chayote curry)

Ingredients:

1. Chayote – 1
2. Red chillies – 4
3. Grated coconut – ½ cup
4. Coriander leaves
5. Fried gram – 2 tsp
6. Salt
7. Garlic – small piece
8. For Seasoning – oil - 2 tsp, mustard seeds – ¼ tsp, hing, channa dal – ½ tsp

Method:

1. Peel off the skin of chayote, cut it lengthwise and pressure cook it.
2. For masala, grind coconut, salt, fried gram, garlic, red chillies to coarse powder.
3. In a frying pan, add oil, mustard seeds, once it splutters, add hing, channa dal
4. When channa dal turns brown, add cooked chayote and sauté it for few seconds
5. Now add grounded masala and sauté it for 5 more min
6. Garnish with coriander leaves
7. Tastes good with chapathi, rice-rasam