Aviyal
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The recipe for Avial adjustments from kitchen-to-kitchen and is influenced by the greens used to flavour it. It comes with a curd-based sauce. By changing curd with a plant-based yogurt, this healthful dish could be loved by vegans as nicely. Whereas it’s a quintessential a part of Kerala delicacies, a model of this dish can be standard in Tamil Nadu and is paired with rice or adai, a lentil-based dosa.
Avial
Substances
2.5 cups combined greens chopped. This recipe makes use of potato, yam, carrot, beans, ash gourd, cucumber, uncooked mango, drumstick, uncooked banana. Snake gourd can be used.
Turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp
Thick curd 1/4 cup
Salt to style
Coconut 1/2 cup
Cumin/jeera 1/2 tsp
Inexperienced chilli 1. Extra could be added if you wish to spice it up.
Coconut oil – 1/2 tsp
A sprig of curry leaves
Preparation
1.Boil water in a vessel and add the chopped greens together with salt and turmeric powder.
2.First add the greens that takes longer to cook dinner, similar to drumstick, beans, carrot, yam and potato. When it’s half cooked, add the opposite greens. Make sure that the greens are crunchy and never mushy. Drain the water and hold the greens apart.
3.In a blender, add the coconut, inexperienced chili and jeera. Grind it with little water to a rough paste.
4.In a kadai, add the cooked greens together with the coarse paste. Sprinkle little water and cook dinner until the uncooked scent of coconut leaves. Saute for for 3-5 minutes. Add the required salt, give a fast stir and swap off.
5.In the meantime, warmth coconut oil and add curry leaves. Enable it splutter. Then add this seasoning and curd to the aviyal and blend nicely.
6.You may add uncooked curry leaves and coconut oil as such too. Combine nicely. Serve with steamed rice or as a aspect dish for any type of rice.
6.Recipe by Govt Chef Jesu S. Lambert, Lodge Savera, Chennai
