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Kerala avial

Onam Special- Comforting mixed vegetable yoghurt curry | avial recipe

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Course: Lunch, meals, Side Dish
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • Raw banana-1/2 cup
  • Drumstick- 10 to 12 pieces 1/2 cup
  • Raw mango-1/4 cup
  • Jackfruit seeds-6 to 8
  • Brinjal/Eggplant-1/2 cup
  • Carrot-1/2 cup
  • Cucumber-1/2 cup
  • Yam-1/2 cup elephant foot
To Grind
  • Coconut-2 to 3 tbsp
  • Turmeric powder-1/2 tsp
  • Cumin seed-1/2 tsp
  • Green chillies-2
  • Yogurt-1 tsp
For tempering
  • Mustard seed-1/2 tsp
  • Curry leaves-3 branches
  • Oil

Method
 

  1. Chop the vegetables lengthwise.
  2. Cook elephant yam in water separately.
  3. Cook the remaining vegetables in water adding them one by one according to the cooking time they require.
  4. Add carrot and cook for few minutes.
  5. Add salt.
  6. Now add drumstick and cook.
  7. Add chopped jackfruit seeds.
  8. Add brinjal and raw banana and cook.
  9. Add cucumber and mango when the added vegetables are cooked 3/4.
Coconut paste
  1. Add coconut into a blender/mixer.
  2. Add cumin seed.
  3. Add green chilies.
  4. Add enough water and make a thick paste.
  5. Add the ground paste into the vegetables.
  6. Mix the paste thoroughly until everything blends together.
  7. Add turmeric powder.
  8. Add the cooked elephant yam. Check and taste before adding .
  9. Check the salt and add if required.
  10. Add yogurt/curd.
Tempering
  1. Add oil in a kadai.
  2. Add mustard seed and fry.
  3. Add curry leaves and fry.
  4. Pour the tempering over the aviyal and serve hot with meals or adai.

Notes

  • Chop the vegetables in moderate thickness.
  • Chop the vegetables in equal size for aesthetic beauty as well as to ease up the cooking process.
  • Cook the elephant yam separately. This will help to discord the elephant yam if it has the tendency for skin and oral itching.
  • Peel off the skin of the jackfruit seed before cooking.
  • Add raw banana after all the vegetables are added and cooked.
  • Adjust the quantity of yogurt /curd if you are using mango.
  • Use coconut oil while tempering for an authentic flavour and taste.