Ingredients: (to serve 2):
Carrots: 2 small
Beans: 10
Raw banana (vazhakka): 1 small
Drumstick: 1
Brinjal: 2
Tomato: 1 big
Cucumber: 1 small
Ivy Gourd (kovakka): 6
Raw mango: 1
Green chillies: 6
Freshly grated coconut: 1/2 cup
Jeera powder: 1.5 teaspoon
Curry leaves: 2 strands
Onions: 1/2 finely chopped
Coconut oil: 3 tablespoons
Curd: 3 tablespoons
Salt: to taste
How to make Aviyal:
1. Put the hard-to-cook vegetables together (carrots, beans, drumsticks, green chillies, mango, ivy gourd) with water just to cover them and 1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder. Cook till the vegetables begin to turn soft. This will take 10-12 minutes.
2. Add the rest of the vegetables (cucumber, onions, tomatoes, brinjal) and cook for another 5 minutes.
3. Uncover and keep on fire till the excess water has evaporated.
4. Grind coconut with jeera and some curry leaves.
5. Add to the cooked vegetables, with salt, and mix well, making sure the the vegetables are not mashed together.
6. After 2 minutes, remove from fire, add the coconut oil, curry leaves and mix again.
7. Finally, add the curd, mix well and keep aside.
Aviyal goes well with rice and kerala vegetable sambar.
What do I do with the Onions ? its mentioned in the list of things and not mentioned in the recipe .. when to add ?
I have edited the post now
Avial looks lovely !!! Nice pics !!! I am gonna try this soon and will let u know how it turned out!
hey the pic looks so colorful! aviyal is such an all time fav right!! thanks for ur recipe
Came across your recipe searching for variations in the Aviyal recipe. The addition of onions, mango and brinjal in the recipe is diiferent from the traditional one followed in some parts..
Loved the posts.
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Wow! your aviyal looks sooooo good and am sure it tastes awesome.. Am always crazy about aviyal and I take it with Rice, Idly, Dosa and Chappathi… Thanks for this wonderful recipe you have shared with us.. the pics r eye catching and its tempting me to prepare this dish today itself.. let me start with my work now…Thanks once again.
Rgds
Sree
http://www.mummymakesityummy.com
Hi…
Came upon your blog while looking for aviyal recipes. Am a north indian married to a Malayalee who was born and brought up in Chennai. So I have to keep alternating between Tamil/Mallu food. I have almost converted over myself and use Mustard seeds more often than my pet north indian Jeera!! LOL… Anyways, found your recipes very simple and easy to cook. I can cook quite a few south indian dishes but havent yet tried aviyal…will do now after seeing your recipe. Lovely blog here…keep up the good work!
Rgds
Harshika
Dubai
Harshika, thanks a ton for the really sweet note you left. Glad you are finding the site useful. Let me know if you need any particular recipe and I will try to get it to you.
finally able to open some blogs 🙂 and I got here 🙂
This aviyal looks so appetizing. Isn’t this the best way to get all the veggies together at one go? 😉 Beautiful picture
Nice blog, Nagalakshmi!
BZ
nice blog.. will be visiting more often 🙂
hey the pic looks so colorful! aviyal is such an all time fav right!! thanks for ur recipe
Imagine – I get to eat aviyal at least twice a week and I don’t even like it all that much. But you had me drooling all the same. Nice blog.
Bharathy and Toothless – Thanks a ton! btw, prats did not help me at all except to cut the drumsticks!
Ayeesh – thank u so much for ur lovely comment 😀
Anony – you are back!! i was beginning to worry! thanks a ton for ur visit and your comment!
I thought i should not comment for the next 13 posts:).But Aviyaaal…You are also spoling people like me by making all the good things in the world and by takn sexy photos of it.(i wanna go home!!!)
Many thanks for posting our national dish Aviyal.Aviyal certainly needs attention cos it is the best recepie that we have in GOC.
Anony
Lovely pics … Its making me hungry 🙁
Great recipe..I am sure Prats having a tough time with you in the weekends,helping you out in many ways;)..Pass credits to her too..
Mouth watering pics..!!!
😀 neat pics!