Chow chow curry

When it comes to making side dishes there are thousands of dishes available in Indian cuisine that too vegetarian varying across different parts of India.Each vegetable has numerous dishes to its name made in completely different ways.
ChowChow is one vegetable we dont use regularly in our house but I like its taste. In our college hostel cafeteria they use to make from curry to chutney everything with chowchow. Going to a grocery store it caught my eye and got me thinking why I dont use this vegetable much.Started of with basic chowchow curry.

Ingredients:

Chow chow- 1
onion -1 big
tomato -1 big
green chillies - 2

seasoning

channa dal - 1 tspn
mustard seeds - 1tspn
coriander seeds - 1 tspn

salt - 1 tspn (to taste)
turmeric powder - 1/2 tspn
chilli powder - 1/2 tspn
coriander powder - 1/2 tspn
oil - 2 tbspn
water - 1/4 cup

Procedure:

Peel the chowchow and cut into medium size pieces.cut onions long and dice tomatoes.finely chop green chillies.

In a wok add oil . once the oil is heated add channa dal,mustard and coriander seeds. once the mustard seeds splutter add green chillies and fry for a minute. add onions and fry till transluscent.

add tomatoes and salt and fry for a minute. cook with closed lid for 2 mins.

mash the tomatoes and onions with spatula lightly.

add the chowchow pieces and water and cook with closed lid for 10 mins. Check in between to see if water is evaporated. If so add water. The curry shudnt be too runny nor solid.

Once the chowchow is cooked well add coriander powder,turmeric powder and chilli powder(check the spiciness before adding this) and mix well and cook with closed lid for 2 mins.add more salt if required.

If its too spicy for your taste you can add curd/yoghurt to reduce the spiciness.

This can be had as side dish with roti/chapati/rice.