Avial

A full meal for some

AVIAL
 

Ingredients : Potato – 1 no                            White Pumpkin - 1 cup,

                    Red Pumpkin – ½ cup,                Yam (Suran) - 1cup,

                    Carrot – ½ cup,                           Green Peas - ½ cup,

                    Drumsticks- 2 nos ,                     Cluster beans – ½ cup,

                    Snake Gourd – 1 cup                    Gavar – 15 nos ,

                    Beans – 10 nos                             Raw banana – ½

                    Coconut – ½ coconut scraped 

                    Coconut oil – 4 tblsp,                  Curd (little sour ) - 3 cups,

                    Rice flour – 2 tsp,                        Curry leaves - 5 strings,

                    Sugar – 1 tsp( optional)               Green Chillies - 15 nos

Method : Cut all the vegetables in to strips of 1 ½ inch long and 1cm thick. In a thick bottom vessel add all the vegetables except Red Pumpkin, and raw banana.

Add 3 cups of water and let them cook . Once half done add the Banana and red pumpkin and let all the vegetables cook. Now add salt to taste and bring to boil.

In a Blender add the coconut and green chillies , Rice flour – 2 tsp with little water and grind to paste. ( You can adjust the spiciness with the number of chillies used or by adding curd)

Once the vegetables are cooked   remove the water from the vegetables. ( You might ask if the water is to be poured back to it why remove it) if the paste is put in the water with vegetables they become watery and never mix with the vegetables. We also will know how much water to add for the required consistency of the Avial.

Now add the coconut & chilli paste to it. Wash the blender with the water removed and pour it to the vegetables. Bring to boil and cook for 5 mins. Then lower the flame now add curd and water to the required consistency . Add sugar – 1tsp (optional)

Stir the vegetables frequently till u get a boil. Now add curry leaves and coconut oil to the vegetables. Give a good stir and let it boil for 2 min in low flame. You will see you whole kitchen with a good aroma.
Enjoy Avial with Rice, Chappati, Adai, Dosa ……….

Note : You need not have all the vegetables. Main requirement in White pumpkin. Vegetables can be opted out also. At times I make Avial for my daughter with white pumpkin, potato, Carrot and Green peas.