Avial / aviyal is a popular dish from Kerala cuisine. Assorted vegetables are used to make this delicious stir fry, it tastes good with hot steamed rice.

This is a popular dish of Kerala. It is lightly spiced with various kinds of umpteen vegetables. It makes a good dish when you have a stack of veggies at home or a few assorted ones. It is usually served with rice but can also be eaten with chapati.

Avial / Aviyal / Kerala cuisine

Ingredients:

• 20 beans
• 1 carrot
• 1 potato
• 2 cucumber
• 1/2 bowl green pea
• 2 drumstick
• 1/4 yam
• 1/2 bowl fresh grated coconut
• 1 teaspoon cumin
• 2 green chilly
• 1 tablespoon coconut oil
• 1/2 teaspoon mustard seed
• 1/4 teaspoon asafoetida
• 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder
• a few curry leaves
• salt to taste
• water for grinding

Method:

1. Wash and cut the veggies.
2. Boil them separately in a pan with water. Remove the stock and use it for any other purpose.
3. Grind coconut, green chilly and cumin together with some water to a fine paste.
4. Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds, as they crackle, put asafoetida, curry leaves and turmeric powder. Put the veggies, the ground paste and salt, give a stir.
5. Heat for sometime, let the flavours imbibe.
6. Serve hot with rice or chapati.

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