Aviyal

I have been in love with aviyal for as long as I remember. My mom makes it really tasty. It is so simple and easy to make that I never would say no when I have the apt vegetables in my kitchen especially raw banana

Aviyal is a traditional tamil food that has a sweet coconut aroma. Its a blend of a lot of vegetables in a simple coconut paste and cooked just to perfection. Rice is preferred main with aviyal. In our home we prefer rice with aviyal and rasam as a perfect lunch menu for a simple meal

Serves...2 people
Serve option... Hot with rice and rasam

his is what u'll need....

Vegetables - brinjal, carrot, drumstick, potato, tomato, raw banana, onion, pes

Cumin seeds - 1 tspn

Coconut - 4 tbspn

Green chilli 3

Curd - 1 tbspn

Coconut Oil  - 1 tbspn

Mustard seeds - 1/2 tspn

Urad dal - 1/2 tspn
Curry leaves - a few
Salt to taste

Here is the stir....

• Cut vegetables into medium sized chunks. I have used brinjal, potato, carrot, raw banana, onion, tomato, peas. Toss them into a pressure cooker

• Pressure cook the vegetables with little salt 

• Add coconut, cumin, green chillies to a blender jar and grind it to a coarse mixture

• Heat coconut oil in a pan and add mustard seeds, broken urad dal and curry leaves

• Toss in the cooked vegetables into the pan followed by the coconut paste

• Stir this well and cook for a few mins on low flame. Do not boil the mixture but bring it to almost a boil ... say when it starts bubbling in the sides

• Pour curd and stir when the gravy is about to come to a boil

• Remove from heat and transfer it to a serving bowl

• Serve hot with rice and enjoy

Notes : 

• Using coconut oil gives a nice flavour to the gravy
• Add vegetables of your choice. Use little of each as it ends up to be a big lot
• Dont boil the gravy. Turn off the flame when the gravy is just about to come to a boil