AVIAL RECIPE
Ingredients
- There is no specific quantity for each veggie - add it as per your choice..Plus/ minus is fine ....
- 2.5 cups Mixed veggies cut length wise, ( beans , carrot , long beans (alasande) , brinjal ,peas , ash gourd , cucumber,pumpkin , ivy gourd , potato etc .... refer note No 1 )
- 1 cup Raw banana /Yam / elephant's foot ) / both mixed
- 1 drumstick
- 2 - 4 tbsp curd
- 1 tbsp Raw Coconut Oil
- 2 Green Chilli, - slit
- a pinch Turmeric Haldi
For grinding
- 1 cup grated coconut
- 1 tsp Soaked Rice, ( add only if you are doing gravy consistency )
- 1 tsp Cumin Seeds /Jeera
- 3 Green Chilli
For the seasoning
- 2 tsp Coconut Oil
- Curry Leaves, - few
Instructions
- Firstly chop all the vegetables into 1 inch long pieces. Chop raw banana and yam and keep it immersed in water to avoid discolouration
- Add all the chopped vegetables,slit green chilly,turmeric and salt to a big pan / vessel . Add some water, mix well and bring it to boil. Once it starts boiling, reduce the flame, cover with a lid and let it cook in medium flame. Don't add too much water and also take care that the veggies don't get overcooked.
- Mean while, add all the ingredients given under "for grinding" in a mixer jar,grind to a smooth paste adding little water .
- Once the vegetables are just cooked , add the ground coconut mixture, and mix it gently. Taste test . if required add some more salt. The consistency of aviyal can be adjusted as per your preference.
- When the aviyal has just started to boil , simmer the flame.Add curd and a tbsp of raw coconut oil . Gently mix and switch off .Prepare a seasoning of mustard seeds and curry leaves in coconut oil . Pour the hot tempering on aviyal and cover the pan with a lid to retain the flavours and aroma .
- Serve yummy ,flavourful aviyal with steamed rice / adai dosa (Tamilnadu famous combo ) .
Notes
NOTE :
- There is no specific quantity for each veggie - add it as per your choice..Plus/ minus is fine ....The commonly used vegetables for making aviyal are beans, carrot , long beans, peas, ash gourd ,ivy gourd, drumstick ,potato, yam, raw banana , pumpkin, brinjal,cucumber ....you can use all of them or as many vegetables you can get in your prefered quantity / choice.
- Don't avoid raw banana / yam . It gives nice texture .
- Never ever overcook the veggies in aviyal and make it mushy . Should be little crunchy.Its better to cook veggies for aviyal in a vessel so that you can check in between . Cooking in cooker is risky.
- If you wan't to make aviyal dry ..like sabzi type , add very less water while cooking the veggies and coarse grind the masala .
- If you want to make aviyal curry type , grind the masala to a very smooth paste . that will give a nice consistency to the gravy . Else water will be seperate and coconut masala will be seperate . Hope i am able to convey what i mean .
- Don't over boil aviyal . Overboiling will make coconut curdle and the consistency will spoil .
- The tip of adding raw coconut oil while boiling , i got it from a cook who is a regular in my home for all functions. He was right ,It takes it to a new level.Actually ,he adds more than a tbsp but atleast to go near to that taste i add just a tbsp. If you want you can increase the qty or omit it completely.
- Aviyal is basically mildly spiced . So i have added chilly less for the authentic taste . If you want you can increase.
- Few people instead of curd add tamarind while grinding masala. you can make that way too . Some don't add curd / tamarind. So its your personal choice .
- Aviyal tastes best with fresh veggies and coconut .