Avial

Avial is a Kerala Cuisine. It is a mixture of different vegetables. It is made in the liquid form which can be mixed in hot rice and eaten.Also it is made thick to go as a side dish.

Ingredients

White pumpkin(pooshnikka/elavan)-1 small piece
Drumsticks - 1 no.
Beans - 4 no.
Plantain (raw banana) - 1 no.
Potato - 1 no.
Yam - small piece
Carrots -1 or 2 no.
Curd - 1 cup (prefered sour)
Sour cream-1/2 cup
Curry Leaves - little bit
Coconut Oil - 2 tsp
Coconut grated - 1 cup (fresh)
Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
Green Chillies - 3 or 4 nos.
Salt as per taste

Method

Thick Avial

1. Cook all the vegetables adding salt and turmeric pdr. Donot over cook it. Pour the cooked vegetables in a strainer so that the remaining water also goes.
2. Grind Coconut,Greenchillies and Cumin sedds adding 1tbsp of curd and 1 tbsp of sour cream.It need not be grinded very fine.
3. In a hot pan add 2tsp of coconut oil,curry leaves,vegetables and ground mixture and cook it for 3-4 mnt in medium low flame.Take it out and add 1tsp of coconut oil.

This side dish goes well with Sambar Rice or Rasam.

Liquid Avial

1. Cut all the vegetables mentioned above in long piecesand cook it in the cooker with little bit of salt,water and turmeric powder. Don't over cook it, one whistle is enough. Keep the drained water from the vegetables.
   
2. Grind the grated coconut with jeera & green chillies in the mixie finely.Beat the curd and sour cream and keep it aside
3. Mix the cooked vegetables and the ground mixture of coconut. Add the drained vegetable water as necessary.While it is getting boiled add few curry leaves and boil for 3 or 5 min.
   
4. Add the beaten curd and mix it together .Once the curd is added cook it in medium low flame until it starts boiling.This take 3-4 mnts.
5. Once it is taken out drizzle 1 tsp coconut oil and mix well. And keep it closed.

You can have avial with hot rice.