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.