Chayote Squash/Cho-Cho (Bengaluru Vankaya) Gravy Curry

                                                  
Chayote squash/Cho-Cho (Bengaluru Vankaya) is an edible vegetable and belongs to gourd family.  This vegetable is widely used in South American cuisines.  This vegetable is available in American produce stores and Asian produce stores as well.  Using this vegetable you can make very easy delicious dishes.  This curry gravy is white in color and it has coconut. You can eat this curry with boiled Rice or Roti.

 Ingredients:

• 2 medium size Chayote Squash
• 1 small onion
• Few curry leaves
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 tsp. cumin seeds
• 1 tbsp.  Cooking oil

      Masala ingredients:

•  1 tbsp. Kus-Kus/poppy seeds
•  Few cashew nuts
• 1 tbsp. Soump/Fennel seeds
•  2 green Chillies
•  2 tbsp. Fresh coconut

Masala Ingredients

Procedure:

• Wash and peel the Chayote/Cho-Cho’s.  Remove the seed and chop the Chayote into small pieces.

 

• Cook these Chayote squash pieces in a pressure cooker till 3-4 pressures.
• Dice the onions; keep it aside.
• Ground all masala ingredients with little bit water; like a fine paste.
• Warm the oil in a non-stick skillet.
• Then add cumin seeds, curry leaves, bay leaf and diced onions.
• Once everything is fried then add ground masala; stir it thoroughly.
• Once oil separates from masala then add cooked Chayote/Cho-Cho pieces in it.
• Add some salt and mix it well.  Cook this mixture for a while by covering the pan.
• Now add 1 cup of water and boil the mixture for a while.
• Once it reaches the required consistency then garnish with coriander leaves.
• Serve this curry with hot boiled rice or Chapathi or Roti.

Note:  For extra flavour you could add coconut milk while boiling the curry.