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What is a Chayote? How is it prepared?
I was talking to a distant friend on the phone yesterday. She said that she had chayote at a fancy restaurant while on her vacation. Of course I did not want to look silly, so I just asked her if it was good and she said yes.
What exactly is a Chayote? Is it some sort of ethnic food? How is it prepared? Are there several ingredients or types of recipes?
What exactly is a Chayote? Is it some sort of ethnic food? How is it prepared? Are there several ingredients or types of recipes?
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Chayote is an edible plant, belonging to the Cucurbitaceae familly. The fruit is bland and can be eaten raw, cooked, mashed, baked, boiled, fried, or even pickled.
Variety of recipes can be made out of this vegetable right from spicy curries to a healthy salad.Credit goes to the original author.
Here is an awesome healthy salad for your browsel:
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Chayote salad
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INGREDIENTS
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Chayote 1 Black Chickpeas 1/2 cup Onion 1 small Tomato 1 large Green Chilli 1 – 2 Cilantro few sprigs Cumin Powder 1/4 tsp Red Chilli Powder 1/4 tsp Turmeric Powder a pinch Black Salt 1/4 tsp Salt to taste Lemon Juice 1 tsp Oil 1 tsp
METHOD
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Wash, halve, deseed and finely chop chayote. Heat oil in a pan, add chopped chayote and salt. Cook covered on medium flame till chayote softens a bit. Soak black chana in water overnight and pressure cook the soaked chana in enough water for 3 whistles. Peel, remove ends and finely chop onion. Wash and finely chop tomato. Remove stems, wash and halve the green chillies. Wash and finely chop fresh cilantro. In a mixing bowl, mix thoroughly cooked chayote, cooked black chana, chopped onion, tomato, cilantro, red chili powder, cumin powder, turmeric powder, black salt and salt if necessary. Stir in lemon juice and serve chayote salad.
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Some more varied recipes like spicy curry is also awesome.which we make often in our place.Do go through the source link for ref:
http://www.tajrecipe.com/indian/cooking/recipes/South-Indian-Vegetarian/Chayote-Curry_446.aspx
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