Recipe: Perfect Kerala Aviyal

Kerala Aviyal.

You can have Kerala Aviyal using 16 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Kerala Aviyal

1. It’s 1 of Raw Plantain (Raw banana).
2. Prepare 200 gms of Elephant foot yam.
3. It’s 150 gms of Ash gourd.
4. It’s 1 of Drumstick.
5. It’s 4 of French Beans (Green beans).
6. It’s 100 gms of Snake gourd.
7. It’s 1 of Carrot (small).
8. Prepare 4 of green chillies.
9. It’s 1 pinch of Turmeric powder.
10. Prepare 1 Cup of grated coconut.
11. Prepare 1/2 teaspoon of cumin seeds.
12. You need 2 sprigs of Curry leaves.
13. You need 5 of Shallot.
14. You need 2 tbsp of Coconut oil.
15. You need 1 1/2 Cup of Water.
16. You need to taste of salt.

Kerala Aviyal instructions

1. Wash the vegetables very well. Peel and cut it into 2 inches (length wise) pieces. Slice green chillies (length wise)..
2. Cook the vegetables in a covered vessel by adding green chillies, water, salt and turmeric powder on a low flame till it tender and dry (be careful not to overcook it and also take care to prevent it from burning)..
3. Crush the shallots and mix it with coconut oil. Grind grated coconut and cumin seeds by adding little water into a coarsely paste.
4. Add the ground paste into the cooked vegetables along with curry leaves and combine it well. Heat it in a low flame for 3 minutes..
5. Remove from the heat once cooking done, add coconut oil – shallots mix and combine it..
6. Serve Avial (Aviyal) as an accompaniment to rice..
7. TIPS : As each vegetable has a different level of cooking, it will be better to add vegetables according to the cooking time of each item. That means the longer cooking items first and quicker items last..