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:
- Wash and cut the veggies.
- Boil them separately in a pan with water. Remove the stock and use it for any other purpose.
- Grind coconut, green chilly and cumin together with some water to a fine paste.
- 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.
- Heat for sometime, let the flavours imbibe.
- Serve hot with rice or chapati.
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Avial looks so delicious. I’ve yet to try making it at home. I guess once you have all the ingredients at hand then its so easy to make.
It is ideal to make with all kind of vegetables, but you can make with a few left over veggies too. Thank you for stopping by.
Never made avial with so many veggies. Looks dellicious and would love to try
Do give a try Renu, it is tasty.
Never made avial. Like you say great way to finish off leftover veggies.
Thank you Archana, do give it a try.
I made Avial last year for the first time and since then it has been a regular dish on my kitchen it is such a flavorful wholesome dish !
Good to know that Poonam, thanks for the visit.
Avail is favourite curry in house. Simple and very flavourful… Very easy to make yet so delicious .. lovely recipe
I am yet to lay my hands on making Avial. But now I know when I have lots of veges what to do with it. It sounds so flavourful and yummy.
I like your combination of veggies for this avial Jayashree. Love coconut and masala in avials. Your pics are mouthwatering!
We love aviyal and make it often! perfect dish to get loads of veggies on to our plates! Looks yumm!!!!
Avial looks so healthy and delicious with lot of vegetables. I would love to eat with adai.
Hi Jayashree, Being a North India, I never got a chance to try avial in my life. Looks quite delicious, would love to give it a try soon.