Aviyal

Avial is a speciality dish of Kerala Cuisine.It is a thick mixture of a lot vegetables, yogurt and coconut,seasoned with curry leaves. This dish can be made into a gravy and eaten with rice or be made into a semi-solid side dish. You can choose your own combination of veggies.

Ingredients:

Carrot and bell pepper 1 each ( chopped lengthwise)

Green peas ( frozen ) 1/4 cup

Rice flour for thickness ( 2 to 3 tbsps )

Yogurt 1 cup

Grated coconut 3/4 cup

Green Chilli 4 to 5

Jeera 1/2 tsp 

Cilantro 4 to 5 strands and curry leaves

Mustard seeds,turmeric powder,oil and asafeotida for tempering

2 to 3 cups of water.

Procedure:

1. Cook all the veggies in a pressure cooker for 2 whistles.

2. Grind the coconut,Chilli ,jeera and cilantro to a coarse paste.

3. To the cooked veggies add the grinded paste,yogurt,salt and bring them to medium heat.Before this,make a thick paste of rice flour mixed with water and add to the above cooked curry.

4. Next for tempering heat oil in a pan,add mustard and asafeotida.you can add curry leaves too and good serve them with rice or chapathi.