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Aviyal is a side dish that is delicious and is very common to South Indian cuisine.The dish is very simple to prepare and goes well with r...

Aviyal

Aviyal is a side dish that is delicious and is very common to South Indian cuisine.The dish is very simple to prepare and goes well with rice, sambar, rasam or adai ( lentil crepes). A mixture of vegetables cooked with yogurt, coconut and chillies is a true comfort food to most people from that region. Each family has its own recipe. It differs mainly in the kind of spices added..This avial recipe comes from my mother in  law Mrs.Pushpa Yegneswaran's  kitchen. I have made it often and decided to document it. 


Gadgets:

Cutting Board
Knife
Measuring cup and spoons
Spatula
Blender
Heavy bottom vessel


Ingredients:

Vegetables ( potato, raw banana(vazhakkai), carrot, beans, egg plant, Sweet pumpkin, Winter pumpkin, Drum stick) cut thin and even - 5 cups
Fresh coconut - 1/2 coconut grated
Chillies (red or green ) - 1 ( add more for spice)
Yogurt - 2 cups
Salt
Coconut oil - 1/2 tsp
Curry leaves- a few

Preparation:

1. Cook the veggies in a heavy bottom vessel with some salt.
2. Grind the coconut, chillies with a little yogurt into a paste.
3. Add this paste to the cooked veggies and allow to cook for 5 minutes.
4. Add the yogurt on top and mix well.
5. Heat the coconut oil in a spoon, ad curry leaves and add it to vegetable mix. Serve it hot with rice.

17 comments:

  1. Avial looks very delicious.

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  2. ONE OF MY FAV DISHES WITH STEAMED RICE..

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  3. Awesome aviyal, looks irresistible..

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  4. What a beautiful pic dear, lovely.

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  5. very healthy and deliious dish.. our favorite one.. sambar rice n avial wow mouthwatering good one

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  6. Avial is one of my favorites! Looks inviting!

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  7. nice one..i'll add jeera for grinding..

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  8. My favorite dish to have with rice!!

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  9. All time fav. Avial looks mouthwatering and love the recipe.

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  10. there is no eggplant in my avial version also we add mustard seeds to the seasoning. The aviyal photo looks very inviting.

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  11. hey first time here...have a great blog..avial looks so tempting....hope to try ur dishes soon.

    Lavanya

    www.lavsblog.com

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  12. One of my favorites, looks delicious !

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  13. Lovely looking aviyal srimathi!

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  14. My all time fav...I just need ghee and steaming hot rice. Lovely pic!

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  15. Reminds me of my pregnancy and all the pampering. Avial craving was at its peak. My mother-in-law makes the best avial and I used to eat it as if there was no tomorrow...

    this avial sure did bring back those memories.. Looks super. Sure it tastes great too

    bye

    Sowmya

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