Ingredients: (to serve 2): Carrots: 2 small Beans: 10 Raw banana (vazhakka): 1 small Drumstick: 1 Brinjal: 2 Tomato: 1 big Cucumber: 1 small Ivy Gourd (kovakka): 6 Raw mango: 1 Green chillies: 6 Freshly grated coconut: 1/2 cup Jeera powder: 1.5 teaspoon Curry leaves: 2 strands Onions: 1/2 finely chopped Coconut oil: 3 tablespoons Curd: 3 tablespoons Salt: to taste How to make Aviyal:
- Put the hard-to-cook vegetables together (carrots, beans, drumsticks, green chillies, mango, ivy gourd) with water just to cover them and 1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder. Cook till the vegetables begin to turn soft. This will take 10-12 minutes.
- Add the rest of the vegetables (cucumber, onions, tomatoes, brinjal) and cook for another 5 minutes.
- Uncover and keep on fire till the excess water has evaporated.
- Grind coconut with jeera and some curry leaves.
- Add to the cooked vegetables, with salt, and mix well, making sure the the vegetables are not mashed together.
- After 2 minutes, remove from fire, add the coconut oil, curry leaves and mix again.
- Finally, add the curd, mix well and keep aside. Aviyal goes well with rice and kerala vegetable sambar. Pin
