Avial | Popular South Indian Mixed Vegetables Recipe By Ruchi Bharani

Ingredients:

3 Cups of vegetables chopped into 1 1/2 inch pieces (Yam, drumsticks, raw banana, carrots, snake gourd, south indian cucumber, french beans)

1 small onion chopped lengthwise

1 cup grated coconut

1 tsp cumin seeds

2 green chillies

Few curry leaves

1 1/2 tbsp coconut oil

1/2 cup curd

salt to taste

Method:

To steam the vegetables:

- In a pot, boil water and put a seal over it. One by one, add all the vegetables

- drumsticks, pumpkin, carrots, snake gourd, yam, raw banana, South Indian cucumber and french beans.

- Add little salt to the vegetables and cover it with a lid and let it cook for about 7 - 8 minutes.

- Once cooked, remove all the vegetables in a plate.

To make the coconut paste:

- In a grinder, add the cumin seeds, green chillies, coconut and water and grind al the ingredients.

To make avial:

- In a pot, heat the coconut oil. Add mustard seeds.

- Once the mustard seeds start crackling, add the curry leaves and the vegetables. - Add the coconut paste and mix all the ingredients well.

- Add the turmeric powder and curd and mix well. - Add little water, coconut oil and a few curry leaves. Add salt to taste. Mix well, cover with a lid and let it simmer for about 2 minutes and then turn off the flame.

- The delicious Avial is ready to be served.