Ingredients
1 kg mixed vegetables (Beans, string beans, drumsticks, yam,
white cucumber, yellow pumpkin, raw banana, carrot etc.)
1-tablespoon turmeric powder
1-tablespoon red chilli powder
8 green chilli
250 gms. small onions (or 2 big onions)
1 grated coconut
1-teaspoon cumin powder (Jeera )
1 lemon sized tamarind
1 stem curry leaves
250 gms. yogurt or curd
Salt to taste.
Preparation
Wash
7 cut the vegetables to 3-4 cm length. Mix with turmeric powder, red
chilli powder & add salt to taste. Add half a glass of water and
put on fire, with low steam. Cover it with a lid. After 10 mins, mix
well and cover it again.In the meantime, mix chilli, coconut, jeera
and onion in a mixie (or any other grinder).
Also make tamarind paste separately. After 20 mins
or so, when the vegetable gets boiled, add the above mixture into the
boiled vegetables. After mixing well add tamarind paste and 2 tablespoon
of curd. Cook well until it gets thick with gravy.
Heat oil and add curry leaves and pour the content
into it.
Your AVIAL is ready!!! Serve it hot
with Rice/ Appam/ Chappathi.
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