Cooking time: 30 mins
Serves: 4 as a side dish
Ingredients:
4 cups cashew nuts
1 drumstick, cut into 3″ pieces
1 cup grated coconut
8-10 small onions/shallots sliced long
2 cloves garli, crushed
1 tsp red chilli powder (adjust if you like your food less spicy)
1/4 tsp turmeric powder
1/4 tsp jeera/cumin powder
To temper:
2 tbsp coconut oil
1/4 tsp mustard seeds
A few curry leaves
Instructions:
1. If using dried cashew nuts, soak in warm water (enough to cover it) for at least 2 hours.
2. Place the drumsticks, half the sliced shallots, turmeric powder, chilli powder and jeera powder in a pan with 1 cup water. Cook on medium-low heat until the drumsticks turn soft (not mushy). Then add the cashew nuts and cook for another 5 mins or so. Add more water if needed.
3. Once this gets cooked, add the coconut and garlic and cook on low heat for another 5 mins until well combined. Add salt. At this time, the aviyal should be quite dry. If not, cook longer.
4. Heat oil in a pan and add the ingredients for tempering. Once the mustard seeds pop, add to the aviyal, mix well and serve hot with rice and onion pulusu.
wow! didn't even know cashewnuts could be raw!! aviyal sounds fabulous – will try and beseech friends in cochin to send me raw kajus – dying to try it out!
btw thanks for your comments on my post…
like what is the calorie count for this dish 😛
Never heard about this before,Taste must be good.Want to try
Never heard about this before,Taste must be good.Want to try
Never had the luxury of seeing raw cashews sold. This is such a different kind a recipe.
Delhibelle – We can still do the soaking of the dry cashews business here in SG. This is not always available in Kerala either. There's a season and stuff 🙁
Jayashree – I know what you mean! I used to do that with cousins in Mavelikara, as a kid.
This post brought back so many memories, Nags. We had a cashew tree at home and used to roast the kernels directly over a flame and then eat the roasted nuts.
must you post such tempting dishes for which we can't ingredients in Singapore lah..
I love anything that has cashews in it. looks excellent. Its been ages since I cooked anything for the blog. I too somehow don't seem to be in the groove
Huge wave of nostalgia…. now to find some raw cashews! 🙂
This is perfect for anyone who loves cashews!
flooded with childhood memories of eating raw cashewnut curry. It is one of my favorite.Even now I soak the cashew and cook the curry.
Mmmm..!!! Sounds and looks delicious. Not eaten raw Cashews in many years.
Happy 2010.
This looks totally awesome – I love cashews but never had it in this form. I want to make this now and eat.
have heard a lot about this.. 🙂
WOW! totally new recipe to me ! looks soo good! Thanks for sharing!
wow thats an yummy dish… I haven't eaten raw cashews since I was a kid. I had an Uncle who owned a cashew farm, I think he sold it off ages ago…
Oooh, I love raw cashews! Have been craving them this past week, too! At my mum's, we make a simple story fry–in a little ghee, add green chilies and cumin seeds with a pinch of asafetoda and turmeric. Saute the cashews in this. Season with salt and add loads of fresh coconut and coriander. Eat piping hot!
Looks completely new to me..lovely cashew curry..
Hi Naga, I never had this, though we make the chakkakkuru aviyal very often at home. I remember eating the cashew fruit and the cashew nuts being roasted and the cashews taken out etc, but never raw cashew…I have to ask my mom about this:-) Nice pictures, hope there are more to come from the holiday folder..shreya
like what is the calorie count for this dish 😛
Its has been ages i had those raw cashewnuts, aviyal looks tremendous.feel like inviting myself to ur place..Delicious dish!!
wow! didn't even know cashewnuts could be raw!! aviyal sounds fabulous – will try and beseech friends in cochin to send me raw kajus – dying to try it out!
btw thanks for your comments on my post…
Nice, I am seeing them for the first time :O
Never tried avial with raw cashews…Looks rich and mouthwatering….
Pfft!
The looks resemble mushrooms 🙂 Never heard about raw cashews! Thanks for sharing the picture!