Thursday, February 26, 2009

Avial

Ingredients:
Beans - 1 Potato - 2 Snake guord - 1 Mango (Raw) - 1 Cucumber – 1
Raw Banana Plaintain - 1 smallDrumstick - 1
Carrot - 1 Grated/Shredded coconut - 1 cupCurd/Yoghurt - 1 cupGreen chillies - 4 Ginger – 1
Cumin seeds - 1 tea spoonTurmeric powder - 1 tea spoonCashew nuts - 2 Curry leaves - small quanityCoriander leaves - small quantitySalt to tasteOil for frying

Method
Wash, cut and boil all the vegetable separately in pressure cooker/microwave oven adding very little water.
Grind grated coconut, green chillies, ginger, cumin seeds and cashew nuts adding very little water.
Mix yoghurt with turmeric powder, asafoetida and little salt.
Mix all the boiled vegetables with yoghurt and coconut paste and allow to boil for 2 minutes, not more than that.
Heat 1 tea spoon of oil, add curry leaves and add to the content. Garnish with corinader leaves.
Avial is ready to be served with rice.
A point………Boil vegetables separately and add only little water. After adding curd mix it should not be boiled for more than 2 minutes as the curd will curdle.

2 comments:

Reflections said...

Just curious....u r a North Indian, right???? And this is a kerala dish...how?????

I make this the same way but dont add cashewnut & asafoetida.
And tht oil which is added shd be coconut oil for 'tht' authentic taste

And oh, no coriander leaves also;-)).

Poonam J said...

Hi Reflections...while being in the Air Force, I learnt to combine flavors.Its Not Authentic...but it tastes good all the same.