Avial is a mix of different vegetables in a coconut and yogurt mixture.This comes under the list of sadhya recipes,it is one of the main side dish of sadhya.Coming to the recipe
Ingredients
Drumstick 2
Beans 8-10
Elephant Yam/Chena 160g
Raw Plantain 1
Carrot 1 (110g)
Pumpkin 110g
Potato 110g
Water 11/2 cup
Turmeric powder 3/4 tsp
Green chilly 2-3
Salt to taste
Coconut grated 1cup
Shallots 6-7
Cumin seeds 1sp
Yogurt (thick) 1cup
Coconut oil 2 tsp
Curry leaves 2 sprig
Preparing Method
-Peel and cut all the vegetables into 1.5'' lengthwise.
-Coarsely grind the coconut,shallots and cumin seeds without adding water and keep aside.
-Heat a wide mouthed utensil adding all the vegetables,turmeric powder,slit green chilly, salt and water.
-Once the vegetables are cooked (be careful not to overcook),add the ground coconut mixture.Mix it well with the vegetables by stirring.
-After 2 minutes put the flame at very low and add the slightly whisked yogurt.Mix this well with the vegetables and just before boiling,off the flame.
-Add the coconut oil and the curry leaves.Keep covered for 10-15 minutes and then serve.
*You can use any vegetables of your choice,but use the stiff ones and not the mushy ones.
*Avial is prepared in a dry form,but here we all like it in a gravy form therefore you can add the coconut and yogurt according to your taste and like.
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Ingredients
Winter Melon 1 cup (Peeled,de seed and diced)
Water 1/4 cup or less
Salt to taste
For Grinding
Coconut grated 1 cup
Water 1/2 cup
Green chillies 2-3
Ginger 11/2" piece
Yogurt 1 cup
For Tempering
Coconut oil 3 tsp
Mustard seeds 1/2 tsp
Dry Red Chillies 1-2
Curry Leaves a few
Method of preparing
-Grind together the coconut,chillies and ginger along with water into a smooth paste.Lastly add yogurt and blend for 2 seconds and keep this aside.
-Cook the melon along with water and salt till soft.Once cooked there should not be any water left.
-Add the coconut-yogurt paste and when it just starts to boil off the flame.
-Heat oil in a small pan,splutter the mustard seeds,add the dry red chillies and the curry leaves.Now pour this into the cooked melon gravy.
-Serve this as a side dish with rice and sambhar
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Ingredients
Carrot 1 large(scrape the outer skin)
Eggs 3(large)
Sugar 5-6 tbsp
Milk Powder 4 tbsp
Cardamom 2
APF/Maida 1 tsp(optional)
Ghee 2 tbsp
Preparing Method
-Cut the carrot into 1/2'' pieces.
-Steam or boil the Carrot pieces till soft.
-Once cooled add these carrots along with the other ingredients (except ghee) in a blender.Blend till smooth.
-Heat a non stick pan,add ghee spreading on all the sides and bottom of the pan.
-Pour the blended carrot-mixture into the pan,cover it with a lid and keep on low flame for 20 to 25 minutes (till done)
-When cooled cut into pieces and serve.
*Adding the flour is just optional,by adding you get a firmer texture for handling (holding and eating, specially for kids)
*If you want you can garnish it with cashew nuts and raisins
Ingredients
Drumstick 2 nos (cut 2'' lengthwise)
Turmeric Powder 1/2 tsp
Green Chilli 2 (slit length wise)
Water 1/2 cup
Salt as needed
For Grinding
Coconut grated 1/2 cup
Shallots 3-4(roughly chopped)
Cumin Seeds 1/4 tsp
Garlic pods 2
For Seasoning
Oil 1 tbsp
Mustard seeds 1/2 tsp
Curry leaves 1 sprig
Method Of Cooking
-Coarse grind the grated coconut,shallots,cumin seeds and garlic.Keep this aside.
-Cook the drumstick pieces adding water along with turmeric powder,salt and green chillies.
-Once the pieces are cooked,add the ground coconut-mixture.Mix this well by stirring for 2-3 minutes.
-Off the flame when the mixture becomes dry.
-Heat a small frying pan,add oil and splutter the mustard seeds, then add the curry leaves and pour this onto the drumstick coconut mix.
-Ready to serve with rice.
Hello friends....Last week was my blog's 1st anniversary...couldn't post anything that day being busy with so many things.In between I had a shoulder pain which enabled me to sit on my PC for long.Now Alhamdulillah I am fine.
