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Avial Recipe | Recipe for Avial | Vegetables for Avial | How to prepare Avial

Avial is a simple, one pot mixed vegetable curry with coconut and yogurt. In Kerala, this avial dish is a must during special occasions or festivals. Usually avial is served as a side dish with rice, during a traditional vegetarian feast called 'sadya' especially "Onam sadya". Easy to make and tastes amazing.
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Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: | South Indian
Keyword: Avial
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes
Servings: 4

Ingredients

For grinding masala:

  • 3/4 cup grated coconut fresh or desiccated
  • Green Chilli slit, as per taste
  • 1 tsp Cumin
  • 2 tbsp water for grinding

Other ingredients for making avial:

  • 1.5 cup water
  • 1/2 cup carrots diced
  • 1/2 cup green beans chopped
  • 1/2 cup potatoes diced
  • 3/4 cup tindora chopped
  • 1 tbsp Salt
  • 1/4 tsp Turmeric Powder
  • 1/2 cup yogurt
  • 1 tbsp coconut oil

For seasoning:

  • 1 tbsp coconut oil
  • 1/2 tsp mustard
  • 1/2 tsp Cumin
  • 1/2 tsp urad dal
  • 1/2 tsp Hing (Asafoetida)
  • 8 to 10 Curry Leaves

Instructions

  • Firstly, take a small blender and add grated coconut, slit green chilli, cumin and little water.
  • Blend this mixture to a smooth paste and keep it aside.
  • Now heat a pan on medium flame and add water.
  • Next add chopped vegetables of your choice. Here I have used carrots, green beans, potatoes and tindora.
  • Also add little salt and turmeric powder.
  • Mix everything well and cover the lid. Cook for 8 to 10 mins until all the vegetables are cooked well.
  • Remove the lid and add the blended coconut masala. Also add little water if needed.
  • Give it a good mix and bring this mixture to a boil for 3 to 4 mins.
  • Now keep the flame low and add curd/yogurt. Mix very well.
  • Likewise add salt as per taste. Give a quick mix.
  • Finally add coconut oil and gently mix it. Keep it aside.
  • Meanwhile we prepare the tempering for avial.
  • For that, heat a seasoning pan and add coconut oil.
  • Once the oil is heated up,add mustard, cumin, urad dal, hing and curry leaves.
  • Saute well until it splutters. Turn off the heat and add the tempering to prepared avial. Give a quick mix.
  • Now the tasty Avial is ready to serve!
  • Enjoy this avial as a side dish with plain rice or shamige.
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