Aviyal /Avial Recipe

Avial is traditional kerala dish which is combination of a wide varieties of vegetables.It is a very common dish in kerala and one of the major dish in the Kerala Sadya/Feast.As it contains all the vegetables it is one of the wholesome healthy dish.

Ingredients

• 1 Cucumber
• 1/2 cup Elephant yam
• 1 Carrot
• 1 raw Plantain
• 1 Drumstick
• 1 Potato
• 4 Beans
• 4 Ivy gourd
• 4 Green chilly
• 1/2 tbsp Turmeric powder
• 1 and 1/2 cup Grated coconut
• 1 tbsp Cumin seeds
• 1 cup Curd/yogurt
• Salt
• Curry leaves
• 1 tbsp coconut oil

If you like you can also add few pieces of Bitter gourd into it .

Preparation

• Cut the vegetables into  2 inch lengthwise pieces.
• Grind the coconut with cumin seeds,green chillies and curryleaves in a Mixer Grinder.
• Place all the vegetables in a Pressure Cooker, add turmeric powder and salt.Add only one cup of water.If you add more water ,the avial become more gravy.Now cook for one whistle.
•  Now place cooke vegetables in a Kadai.Add the ground mixture into it and boil.
• Add curry leaves.
• Add coconut oil into it  and turn of the flame.
• After cooling ,add curd /yogurt into this mixture and mix well.
• Now the Kerala Aviyal is ready to serve.