Avial Kerala Style - Mixed Vegetables with Coconut
Avial is a dry side dish made with lots of vegetables mixed with thick coconut paste and yogurt. The veggies make it the most nutritious side dish in Sadya. This is an important dish in Onam sadya.
Servings: 4
Ingredients
- 1 unripe green plantain
- 1 drumstick
- 2 potato
- 1 carrot
- 5-6 green beans
- 4-5 ivy gourd optional
- ½ of lemon cucumber optional
- 2-3 green chilli sliced lengthwise
- ¾ cup grated coconut
- ½ cup water
- ¼ tsp turmeric powder
- ½ tsp red chilli powder ground cayenne pepper
- 1 tsp cumin seed
- ¼ cup yogurt
- 1 sprig of curry leaves
- 3 tbsp coconut oil or canola oil
- Salt to taste
Instructions
- Wash all the vegetables. Cut them into 2-inch length pieces.
- Grind together coconut, green chilli, ½ tsp cumin seed and water to make a smooth paste.
- Heat 2 tbsp oil in a large vessel. Crackle ½ tsp cumin seed.
- Now add the potato and plantain pieces into the oil. Cook for 2 minutes.
- Now add the remaining vegetables and salt into the pan. Mix well.
- Cover and cook on medium heat until the vegetables are half cooked.
- Add turmeric powder and chilli powder (cayenne pepper powder) and mix well.
- Again cook covered for 3-4 minutes.
- Then add the ground coconut paste and mix well. Mix gently so that the veggies will not get mashed.
- Again cook covered for 5 minutes. Remove from heat.
- Add curry leaves and 1 tbsp coconut oil. Mix well.
- Cover and let it cool.
- When it is cool, add the yogurt and again mix gently.
- The delicious and nutritious avial is ready.