Avial

Avial - Priya r Shenoy

Recipe:

All veggies shud be cut lengthwise 

commonly used vegetables in aviyal are magge,snake gourd, ... surnu(yam),carrots,drumsticks,raw bananas.Apart from These u can also add pumpkin,midkisangh,green brinjals, beans,ash gourd,bikkand....and my amma even add a very very small piece of karathe tooo.... 

cook all these vegetables adding very lil water (say around 1/2 cup )

do not pressure cook.

add salt n haldi powder.
now grind coconut (1 cup ) + jeera (1 teasp ) + garlic clove (1) + green chillies (5 to 8) + small onion/shallots ( 3) +curry leaves (1 or 2 twigs) very coarsely Without adding water...
when the veggies are cooked add the coconut mix to d veggies and mix well.....

keep on low flame,do not add too much of water consistency must be thick... 

wen d veggies n d masala r nicely mixed n cooked ....add curd ( 2 tab sp or according to its sourness) ..

.mix well and turn off.....now take some handful of fresh curry leaves....

lightly crush dem on ur palm and spread over d aviyal ...

pour fresh coconut oil ( 3 to 4 teasp ) on d top d curry leaves n coconut oil gives d aviyal d spl aroma.... 

instead of curd u can also add raw mangoes...in dat case u must cook d mangoes along vt d veggies and avoid adding curd.