Ingredients:

• 1 – Chayote (chow chow)
• 6-7 – Badam (almonds)
• 1 small piece – Coconut (or 1 tsp, grated)
• 1/4 tsp – Turmeric powder
• 1 tsp – sambar powder
• 1 small – Bay Leaf
• 1/4 tsp – Saunf (fennel) powder
• 1 – cinnamon, small piece
• 1 – garlic, crushed
• 1/2 cup – Onion
• 1 – Tomato
• 1 cup – Milk
• Salt to taste
• Curry leaves, a few

Method:

1. Wash, peel, and chop chow chow. Heat oil in a pan and add bay leaf, curry leaf, cinnamon, and garlic, and saute.
2. Add chopped onion and saute till golden brown.
3. Then add tomato and saute.
4. Add chow chow and cook with milk along with salt, fennel powder, sambar powder, and turmeric powder.
5. Meanwhile, grind almond and coconut to paste.
6. When the vegetable is half done, add the coconut paste, and water if necessary, and cook.
7. Serve with chapati, rice or dosai.

Recipe courtesy of ambika