Avial also called as aviyal is a popular and traditional mix vegetable dish from the Kerala cuisine, though you can also find this dish prepared in parts of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.
Avial also called as aviyal is a popular and traditional mix vegetable dish from the Kerala cuisine, though you can also find this dish prepared in parts of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.
Ingredients:
- Poosanikkaai (pumpkin) - 250 gm
- Parangikaai (yellow pumpkin) - 100 gm
- Carrot - 100 gm
- Beans - 50 gm
- Sarkaraivelli (Sweet potato) - 100 gm
- Chow chow - 1
- Potato - 100 gm
- Salt - 2 teaspoon
- Grated coconut (thuruviya thengaai) - 1 cup
- Green chilly - 4
- Jeera - 1 teaspoon
- Coconut oil - 2 teaspoon
- Mustard - 1 teaspoon
- Curry leaves (karuveppilai)
Instructions:
- Grind chilly, coconut and jeera in a mixer grinder. Don't grind too nicely
- Chop all vegetables
- Heat 2 tumblers of water in a vessel
- Add all the chopped vegetables
- Allow it to boil until the vegetables are cooked (touch to check the consistency)
- Frequently stir so that all vegetables are properly cooked
- Add the salt and mix thoroughly
- Allow it to boil for 2 minutes
- Add the grinded ingredients and allow to boil for 5 minutes. Stir frequently
- Turn off the stove
- In a separate pan, add 1 spoon of coconut oil and heat. Add mustard and allow it to burst. Add curry leaves
- Add this to the aviyal vessel
- Add 1 spoon of coconut oil to aviyal and mix
- Let the aviyal cool down. Add 1 tumbler of curd and 1/2 teaspoon of salt
- Mix thoroughly
- Curd can also be added just before you start eating, so that the aviyal will not turn sour.
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