Aviyal
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Recipe type: Side dish
Cuisine: Indian,South Indian
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Serves: 5-6
 
Ingredients
  • Vegetables - about 2.5 cups (cut into 2" pieces)
  • Ashgourd - ¼ cup
  • Brinjal - ¼ cup
  • Raw banana - ¼ cup
  • Green beans - ¼ cup
  • Carrot - ¼ cup
  • Drumstick -1
  • Cucumber - ¼ cup
  • Curry leaves - 2 spring
  • Coconut oil - 1 tblsp
  • Turmeric powder - ¼ tsp
  • Salt - to taste
  • To grind
  • Coconut - ½ cup (grated)
  • Green chilly - 4
  • Small Onion - 1
  • Sour Curd - ¼ cup
  • Cumin seeds - ½ tsp
Instructions
  1. • Cook all the vegetables for 5 minutes with turmeric, salt and ½ cup water in a
  2. kadai or pressure cooker.
  3. • In the meantime grind coconut, green chilly, small onion, cumin seeds .
  4. • When the veggies are half cooked add the ground mixture to it and mix everything well.
  5. • Continue to cook on low flame till the veggies become tender. Mix everything occasionally to avoid the veggies from sticking to the bottom of the kadai.
  6. • The vegetables should be tender but still hold its shape.add curd to it.dont allow it to boil. At this stage turn off the stove.
  7. • Drizzle some fresh coconut oil and some curry leaves on top and keep covered till you are ready to serve.
Notes
You may also use Yellow Pumpkin, Yam, Banana Peppers, Ivygourd, Raw Mango etc.
You can make a tempering of mustard seeds and curry leaves in some coconut oil and add to the aviyal.
Recipe by Kerala Cooking Recipes at https://www.keralacookingrecipes.com/aviyal/