Aviyal

Its one of my favorite curry and here is the aviyal recipe.

Ingredients

Carrot – 1 (chop lenthwise or square your choice)

Beans- 10-15 (divide one beans into three)

Peas- 1 cup

Cauliflower- 7-8 florets.

Broccoli- 7-8 florets.

Salt- to taste

Cumin seeds- 2tsp.

Coconut oil- for cooking.

Turmeric powder- 1 tsp.

Curd- 1 cup

Onion- small one.

Curry leaves – 10-12

Coconut grated- half cup

Potato- 1

You can use drumsticks, raw banana, yam, yellow or white pumpkin, and ash gourd. Aviyal again is a dish prepared with as many vegetables as one can get. There is a legend about this dish. The maharaja of Travencore used to perform Murajapam every year, a Vedic seminar, in which a large number of Vedic scholars participated. One year it so happened that there was no vegetables left on the last day of the Murajapam. Only few pieces of various vegetables left over from the previous days were available. The cook cut all the left overs into long thin pieces and prepared "Aviyal." The king liked the dish so much and presented him with a gold bracelet so much and ordered that this dish be served every year since then. All vegetables go in it, except perhaps, some mushy vegetables, like, tomato, brinjal, ladies fingers, and cabbage. Please do not use beetroot it will spoil your curry. Otherwise any vegetable can be used, depending on the availability.

Method:

1) Clean and cook the vegetables and curry leaves in coconut oil (3tsp) along with salt and turmeric powder.

2) Blend coconut, onion, salt, cumin seeds and green chilly. To make the smooth paste use curd and add it to the cooked vegetables and cook till required consistency is reached.

3) Add one cup of warm water and mix well. Cook for 2mintues on low flame and now switch off the flame.

 4) Finally, add coconut oil on top and serve your aviyal hot.

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