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Avial - vegetable side dish recipe

This Avial recipe is a south Indian recipe which is from the southern state of Kerala. 

It is a vegetable side dish that is served generally with rice. It is also a special dish made on the occasion of Onam, a festival of Kerala. 

A mixture of vegetables is used for this. You can use any 3-4 vegetables, your favorite vegetables. Generally potato, beans, carrots, eggplant, raw banana, yam, cucumber, snake gourd, drumsticks etc are used. 

For this recipe, vegetables are cut is thick stick shape. The coconut oil used gives it a distinct flavor and taste. You may use any other vegetable oil instead of coconut oil. But you do know that coconut oil is beneficial to you.

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How to make Avial

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Ingredients to serve 4 :

  • french beans – 1 cup, cut in 1 inch pieces.
  • carrots – 1 cup,cut in 2 inch long sticks.
  • potato- 1 cup cubed 
  • drumstick 1 - cut in 2 inch long pieces.
  • raw banana – 1 cup cut in long sticks.
  • Red chili powder(optional) – 1/4 tbsp
  • Salt – 1 tea spoon or to taste
  • curd(plain yogurt) – 1 cup
  • coconut oil – 2 tbsp
Preparation:

Grind the following ingredients together to fine paste:
  • cumin seeds – 2 teaspoon
  • fresh coconut – ½ cup
  • Green chillies – 2 No.
  • Turmeric powder – 2 teaspoon

Making avial:

  1. Boil all the vegetables till just done using a little water. Do not add too much water. li>
  2. Add the ground paste to the vegetables.
  3. Add curd(yogurt). Heat for a minute. li>
  4. Add coconut oil, curry leaves. Stir well.


  5. Serve hot with any dish such as breads, rice, roti, poori etc.


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