Aviyal is a simple recipe that can be made in less than 30 minutes. It's a mixture of vegetables, spiced with coconut, green chillies and jeera (cumin seeds) and seasoned with coconut oil and curry leaves.
This is a classic dish of Kerala and Tamilnadu and is prepared slightly differently in the two states. Since my dad hails from Palakkad/Madras and my mom was brought up in Trivandrum, I'm familiar with the subtle variations too :)
What You Need -
2 cups of Vegetables - Plaintain (raw banana), old cucumber, carrot, beans, potato, peas, yam, drumstick and whatever you like :)
Coconut oil - 4 tbsp
Coconut (grated) - 5 tbsp
Green chillies - 4 nos (adjust according to the spice level you can tolerate)
Cumin seeds/ Jeera - 1tsp
Curd - 3 tbsp
Rice or Rice flour (optional) - 1 tsp
Curry leaves - a few
Salt - to taste
Turmeric powder/Haldi - a pinch (optional)
How To -
I made a quick weekday-morning aviyal in 30 minutes(including peeling and chopping veggies) with just cucumber, carrots and potato and packed a nice home-made lunch :)
This is a classic dish of Kerala and Tamilnadu and is prepared slightly differently in the two states. Since my dad hails from Palakkad/Madras and my mom was brought up in Trivandrum, I'm familiar with the subtle variations too :)
What You Need -
2 cups of Vegetables - Plaintain (raw banana), old cucumber, carrot, beans, potato, peas, yam, drumstick and whatever you like :)
Coconut oil - 4 tbsp
Coconut (grated) - 5 tbsp
Green chillies - 4 nos (adjust according to the spice level you can tolerate)
Cumin seeds/ Jeera - 1tsp
Curd - 3 tbsp
Rice or Rice flour (optional) - 1 tsp
Curry leaves - a few
Salt - to taste
Turmeric powder/Haldi - a pinch (optional)
How To -
- Chop the vegetables into 2" long, 1 cm thick slices.
- Cook them with salt and turmeric(optional) till tender. Do not overcook, please. This will take about 10 minutes. Filter off the water.
- Blend together coconut, jeera, green chillies and rice /rice flour into a paste. Add a little of the water filtered from the cooked vegetables.
- Take a kadai, heat 2 tbsp of coconut oil and tear a few curry leaves and add.
- After a minute, add the cooked veggies, mix slightly.
- Now, add the mixture from Step 3 and carefully coat the vegetables with the coconut mixture. Add curd now. Ensure that the veggies don't get mashed. Finally, stir in another 2 tbsp of coconut oil.
- Switch off the gas after 5 minutes.
I made a quick weekday-morning aviyal in 30 minutes(including peeling and chopping veggies) with just cucumber, carrots and potato and packed a nice home-made lunch :)
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Hi DV.. Tried aviyal.. it came out well.. u r gonna be the cooking guru for our friends circle i guess... do continue ur good work.. v r all out here to try ur recipes...
ReplyDeleteThanks, Srileka :) Very glad to hear that! :) Do continue to give your feedback...
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