chow chow karamathu

One day i had no other veggies to make karamathu except chow chow.I have never made karamathu or poriyal with bangalore kathirikkai / chow chow before.So i wanted to give it a try but it turned out very well.

Ingredients:

Bangalore kathirikkai / chow chow - 2 nos (medium)

Mustard seeds- 1/4 tsp

Red chilly - 1 no (split)

Urad dhal - 1/4 tsp

Chilly powder - 1/2 tsp

Turmeric powder - a pinch

Salt - to taste 

Method:

Wash and peel the kathirikkai`s cover or tholi.Keep this tholi aside as we can prepare delicious thogaiyal with it.Chop them finely and remove the seed part.Heat a little oil in a kadai.Add mustard seeds,urad dhal and split red chilly.When the mustard seeds starts to splutter,add chopped kathirikkai,turmeric powder and chilly powder.Saute for a while and add little water till all the kathirikkai get soaked.Cook on medium flame. Turn off the stove,when the kathirikkai are well cooked and all the water gets dried up.It goes well with paruppu kuzhambu,onion sambar and mor kuzhambu.