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Aviyal
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
 
Ingredients
  • SET 1: You can use the vegetables of your choice
  • 2 medium size potatoes
  • 10-12 green beans
  • 1 Medium carrot
  • 1 drumstick
  • 2 green chillies
  • 1 teaspoon red chilly powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
  • 1/4 cup water
  • 1 teaspoon salt or to taste
  • SET 2 TO GRIND:
  • 1 cup grated coconut fresh or frozen
  • 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
  • 1 shallot or1/8 piece of red onion
  • 2 green chillies
  • SET 3 TO SEASON
  • 3 tablespoons oil coconut oil preferred
  • 2 sprig curry leaves
  • 1/2 cup yogurt
Instructions
  1. Cut all the vegetables length wise. Add all the ingredients of SET 1. Mix well, and place this on medium high heat for 5 minutes and then on low heat till the veggies is almost cooked.
  2. Grind the ingredients of SET 2 coarsely with about 1 tablespoon water. Add this to the vegetables. Cover the pan till the coconut cooks . Taste and adjust the salt if needed.
  3. Add the beaten yogurt and mix. In the end add oil and curry leaves. Mix well again. Turn off the heat and cover the pan and let it sit for 5 minutes so that the flavor of coconut oil gets absorbed into the curry.
  4. Serve as a side with rice.
Recipe Notes

I used almost 5 cups of cut vegetables.

If using raw mango, decrease the quantity of yogurt by 1/4 th cup.

Ash gourd, pumpkin, cucumber, raw plantains, yams, brinjal/eggplant, jackfruit seeds are few of the other vegetables that are commonly used.

This curry doesn't use tempering.

Yogurt is added for sourness, so if using mango you can omit the yogurt.

Onions are not used in a traditional aviyal. I had some left overs so decided to put it in.