Chayote Yogurt Curry | Seeme Badane Majjige Huli
Ingredients
- Chayote medium sized - 2 no.
- Fresh grated coconut- 1 cup
- Greed chillies- 3 nos.
- Salt- 1 to 1.5 tsp
- Turmeric powder- 1/2 tsp
- Raw rice- 1 tsp
- Whisked fresh curd- 1.5 cup
Seasoning ingredients
- Ghee- 2 tsp
- Cumin seeds- 1 tsp
- Fenugreek seeds- 1/2 tsp
- Curry leaves- Few
Instructions
Preparation
- Peel off the chayote using a peeler and chop it in to medium sized chunks.
Method
- Cook the chayote chunks with a cup of water and turmeric powder until the pieces turn tender and soft. Mean while in a mixer add grated coconut, raw rice, green chillies and grind them together to fine paste.
- When chayote pieces are soft enough, include the ground coconut paste and salt. Combine everything well and let it boil for a while.
- Finally add the whisked yogurt and stir. As the curry starts boiling, switch off the flame.
- Heat a seasoning pan add ghee, cumin, fenugreek and curry leaves in order. As the fenugreek seeds turn little brown, transfer it to yogurt curry.
- Very comforting chayote yogurt curry is ready to serve.
Notes
- Always use fresh curds and not sour one for this recipe.
- The purpose of raw rice is to thicken the curry, if you want you can skip it too.
- Do not over pour water to cook chayote pieces. As we are adding whisked yogurt at the end, the curry would turn too thin.
- Do not skip seasoning the yogurt curry with fenugreek and cumin seeds. This seasoning enhances the flavor of yogurt curry.