Seeme Badane (Chayote) Chutney

Today on the festival of Deepavali(Naraka Chaturdashi) our family enjoyed eating seeme badane chutney(Chayote chutney), yele kosu palya (cabbage stir-fry), gujje avial (raw jackfruit avial), besan laadu, palak dal & pundi (rice balls).
Here is my festival plate for you.

Now, the recipe for seeme badane chutney.

Ingredients:
Seeme Badane - 1/2 (medium chopped)
Grated coconut - 4 tbsp
Urad Dal - 1 tsp
Dry Chilli - 2
Jeera - 1 tsp
Jaggery - 1 pinch
Oil - 1 tsp
Curry leaves - 6
Asafoetida - 1 pinch
Salt - according to taste
Tamarind - according to taste

Method:

• Add little water to the chopped chayote. No need to remove the skin of the vegetable, before chopping.
  
• To this, add salt, jaggery, tamarind and pressure cook for 1 whistle
• Allow this to cool
• In a pan, add oil. When oil is hot, add jeera, urad dal. Fry till urad dal turns golden in color
• Add asafoetida, curry leaves and red chillies. Saute for a minute
• Make a paste of all the above ingredients along with coconut and cooked chayote
• Chutney is ready to be served (Salt and tamarind have already been added. No need to add again). This chutney can be served with rice, akki rotti, pundi, idli
  

PS: This chutney can also be prepared using only the chayote skin.