Avial

Avial is a dish of Kerala. It is a thick mixture of vegetables and coconut paste, seasoned with curry leaves. Commonly used vegetables in Avial are: Yam, Plantain, Carrots, Drumstick, brinjal, snake gourd. Although, you can use any vegetable and  it can be made thick or little watery as per taste. It is a great accompaniment with rice. I tasted it for the first time at my friend Sangeetha's place who has her own food blog- http://sangeetha-girish.blogspot.com/.

Ingredients:

• Raw banana: 1
• Carrots: 2
• Peas: 1/2 cup 
• Beans : 10-15
• Drumstick: 1
• Coconut: 1/2 (Peel the brown part)
• Green chillies: 2-4 (or as per taste)
• Cumin seeds: 1 tsp
• Salt: to taste
• Turmeric pwd: 1 tsp
• Curd: 1 cup (beaten properly)
• Curry Leaves: a few
• Oil: 1 tsp

Method:

1. Paste:
• Grind coconut, green chillies and cumin seeds with a little water and make a fine paste.
•  Mix curd and keep it aside.
2. Peel and chop all the vegetables in equal size.
3. Boil all the Vegetables with salt and turmeric pwd . Make sure the vegetables are not over cooked.
4. Mix the paste with the boiled vegetables. Cook for 5-6 mins on low flame so that the water evaporates.
5. Heat oil in pan. Put curry leaves and cook for 1 min. Add these curry leaves to the boiled vegetables.
6. Mix well.
7. Serve with boiled rice.