Friday, April 16, 2010

Avial


Hope all those who celebrated Vishu and Newyear had a fabulous day yesterday. Thank you all for your warm wishes on my previous post. As mentioned earlier I arranged a Vishukkani and made a small sadhya.With just me, my hubby and my little one to eat I didnt pepare all the sadhya items. I have loads of leftover in my fridge even after making on a small scale. I prepared a Kallathappam(kannur special),Payasam,Sambar. Avial, kootu curry,Pachadi and a Thoran.
Today I am going to post the simple recipe of Avial which was requested by one of my friend last month , since Vishu was around the corner I posponed making it till yesterday.
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Ingredients
1 1/2 cup vegetables chopped lengthwise. I used
Carrot ,Plantain,Yam (chena),Long Green beans and Drumsticks
Greenchillies- 3
Grated Coconut - 1/2 cup
Cumin seeds - 1/4 tsp
Cuury leaves- few sprigs
Turmeric powder- 1/4 tsp
Curd/Yogurt - 1 cup
Salt
Coconut oil
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Preparation
Cook the vegetables by adding salt and turmeric powder,
In a blender make a coarse paste of grated coconut,green chillies , cumin seeds and curry leaves.When vegetables are cooked add this paste and cook for 1 - 2 minutes. Add the beaten curd/yogurt and give it a good stir and turn off the flame immediately. Add coconut oil and give a good mix again.

22 comments:

Sushma Mallya said...

Nice way to eat all the veggies, love this dish for its simplicity and def worth doing many times...looks delicious vineetha...

Unknown said...

looks yummy vineetha....

My Kitchen Antics said...

avial is my fav...

Unknown said...

Avial is my fav too..Looks delicious!

Malar said...

hi vineetha,
i too did this avial on tamil new year day..A small suggestion dear..U can blend cumin seeds with the coconut paste.It will give nice aroma..

Vineetha Sush said...
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Vineetha Sush said...

Thank you all for ur comments..
Hi Malar,
We too add cumin seeds to Avial, but I forgot to mention it..Thank you so much for reminding me :)

Panchpakwan said...

Looks healthy and delcious dish.

Swathi said...

Avial,

looks really good. I had no curry leaves, so i have live without them.

Unknown said...

Thanxs vineetha

Priya Suresh said...

Wat a fantastic avial, my favourite..

Namitha said...

sadya vibhavangalil enikkettavum priyappetta item :-) looks fabulous..hope you had a great sadya :D

Neetz said...

woww..ne of my fav with hot rice :).. sorry was not on loop for past few weeks..ethiri busy aayi poyi.... keep rockn!! :)

SathyaSridhar said...

Ennamma Vinee,,,Avial super aaitu undu enakku pidithamaana thaakkum...looks great n traditional look to avial..

Hamaree Rasoi said...

Hi Vineetha

Avial looks so nice. A very healthy mix of all the vegetables,

Deepa

Ms.Chitchat said...

Avial looks very tasty and a tempting click to go with it.

Ash said...

Loved the simplicity of the prep... I would surely love it with rotis for dinner.... Nice capture too....

Ash....
(http://asha-oceanichope.blogspot.com/)

Dolly Sharma said...

Hey Vineetha...LOve aviyal..Its my hubby's favorite..I also made aviyal for Vishu and yes we arranged the Vishukkani too..I made it the same as you..Lovely awesome Click.

PranisKitchen said...

aviyal is everyones favorite..
Looks so delicious yarr.happy to know that u had a good vishu celebration with ur family.
nice picture.
Thanks for the comments yarr.

Good Pediatrician in Ashok Nagar said...

This combination sounds really enticing - the coconut, the green banana and the drumsticks, sooooo good!

Sree Priya Ravi said...

Itz look like my Amma's home made Avial...I'm loving it...:)

Divya Babu said...

Hi,

I'm writing on behalf of Mint newspaper. I was wondering if you would be able to give us permission to use this image of avial from your blog (with due credit to you, of course). Pls let me know if this is possible. My email: divyababu1@gmail.com

Thanks and best regards,
Divya