Avial

Avial is a traditional Kerala dish. It has lots of vegetables and is also easy to make. In my house my mom made avial everytime we made bisibelabath because that is considered a good combination. Later on when i started cooking i realised avial tastes excellent with Mysore Rasam, so now whenever i make mysore rasam i make avial. Since it has lots of vegetables the quantity that u get is also a lot but in my house it is never enough. Another popular combination with Avial is Adai (a kind of dosa made with a mix of all dals).

The receipe that i have is given to me by a friend of mine who is from kerala, but she has made some changes to it to suit her taste and i love this receipe because you really can't go wrong with it. It tastes YUM!!!!

Seen in the Picture is Avial with Mysore Rasam.
For Rasam recipe go to http://www.saviskitchen.blogspot.com/


Ingredients
Carrots -3
Potatoes -3
Beans -a few
Drumstick
Plaintain(raw banana) -3
Chow Chow/Choyate/Squash -3
Snake guard -3
peas - a handful
yam
Pumpkin
Coconut -3 cups
green chillies as per taste
cumin seeds 2tbsp
sour cream/curd (personally i prefer sour cream)
curry leaves


Method:
Cut all the vegetables. It is really important to cut all in the same size as they can cook evenly.


Now add all the vegetables in a vessel, add some water, curry leaves, turmeric and let them cook. Do not add a lot of water as the juices from the vegetables will also help cook them.

Meanwhile grind the coconut, jeera, and chillies to a fine paste, in the end add 1/2 cup of sour cream and grind it one last time just enough for everything to mix well.

When the vegetables are cooked add the paste and salt and mix well. If desired sprinkle with coconut oil.

Now it is ready to eat

Variation : Instead of fresh coconut i use dry coconut so it gives the nice coconut taste. In this case you need not sprinkle coconut oil