Chayote Lima beans koottu

Discover the surprising health giving goodness of this "cucumber relative". Although chayote (Sechium edule) is typically prepared as a vegetable, it is in fact a fruit. It’s quite crunchy flesh can be eaten both raw and cooked. Around the world it is known by various names including merliton, christophene, Bangalore Kathrikkai and chowchow.

The health benefits are: Good for heart, Prevent Cancer, Keeps thyroid healthy, helps to reduce blood pressure and good for brain.

Ingredients

Chayote – 2 nos

Frozen Lima beans – 1 cup

Carrot (cut) – ¼ cup

Green Peas – ¼ cup

Moong dhal – ¼  cup
Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp

GRIND ROUGHLY
Coconut – 3 tbsp
Jeera - 1/4 tsp

Green chillies – 3 no

 SEASONING:
Red chillies – 2 no

Mustard seeds – 1 tsp

Urdh dhal - 1 tsp

Hing – ¼ tsp

Curry leaves – 1 stem

Oil – 1 tsp

Salt to taste

Method:

• Cook the moong dhal in pressure cooker. 
• Wash and Peel the skin. Cut small pieces. Precook all vegetables in microwave for 5 minutes.
• Take a kadai add little water and add precooked vegetables.when vegetables are half cooked add the cooked moong dhal on it.
• Add turmeric and salt and cook for few more minutes.
• Grind coconut, Jeera, curry leaves together roughly. Add to the vegetables and cook for 3 minutes.
• Heat the kadai add oil and fry mustard seeds, red chillies, curry leaves,urdh dhal and Hing. Add to the vegetables.