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Avial

Avial, how should I describe this dish. Yet another Mallu emotion it is. We even have a musical band in this great dish's name..lol.
Avail is my ever time favorite and my Amma's sambar and avial with red rice combination is something that makes me drool thinking about it itself. I can feel that now too :P This combo is completed with mallu staple food "Fish fry". No one else in this world would understand the real feeling behind this combo other than a mallu for sure. I know I said a lot about us, I am a proud malayali :P
This dish is an extravaganza of veggies, which can take any vegetable in it, with different variations around now in non veg side too, like fish avials and egg avials. Looks like chicken avial is something we can give a try, lol. Btw, hope you guys have heard about chicken sambar, which I am yet to taste though.
So coming back to the traditional avial, this dish contains set of veggies cut lengthwise and cooked with spices and then topped with freshly grated coconut, curd and drizzle of coconut oil to finish off the ceremony. A complete veggie option to go for. Usually at our home this is made in huge kadai, coz the demand is more. I can just simply munch over it with some curd or sambar, without any accompaniments :)

So over to my avial recipe now.

Ingredients
Veggies cut length wise
I used cucumber snake gourd, raw banana, carrots, elephant yam, colacasia, green and violet brinjal, - 4 cups
Curry leaves 2 sprigs
Chilly powder - 1 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Cumin powder - 1/2 tsp
Salt to taste
Curd
Coconut oil
Water - 1 1/2 cups
Grated mix:
Shredded coconut - 1 cup
Green chilly - 1
Grind it for 2 pulses only, don't overdo
Method:
Cook all veggies with chilly powder, turmeric powder and cumin powder, in water until soft, with lid on after first boil.
Add grated coconut mix on top of veggies and cool with lid closed for 5 mins. Mix well and cook till water is absorbed.
Add curry leaves and curd and mix well.  Now take off from fire and drizzle pure coconut oil in top. Yummy Avial is ready now !
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Location: Thrissur, Kerala, India

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