Indian Cooking Recipe: Aviyal
The following are the instructions on how to cook delicious Indian food: Aviyal
Ingredients:
1. 1 - 2 green chillies
2. 1 tsp jeera
3. ½ teaspoon turmeric powder
4. raw coconut or coconut powder ½ cup
5. salt to taste
6. 3 tbsps yogurt or 1 tbsp lemon juice or 1/3 cup diced raw mango
7. fresh curry leaves
8. 5 cups mixed vegetables (pumpkin, eggplant, snake gourd, yam, raw plantain, carrots 1 - 2 only, else it becomes
too sweet), Japanese or any variety long eggplant, long beans or french beans, cucumber, potatoes, other kinds of squash, and drumsticks.
Method of Preparation:
If using plantain or raw banana, cut into long strips (2 inches x half inch x .25 inches approx.) and mix with some yogurt (2 tablespoons) and keep aside for 10 minutes. Rinse well before boiling. If using canned drumsticks, add only at the very end. Also reduce the salt you add.
Boil the veggie with water (say ½ cup), salt and turmeric powder. When boiling add very little water if the veggies you add are rich in water (cucumber, white pumpkin etc.) Add the sliced green chillies to the boiling vegetables if you don't like it too hot. Else blend it with the coconut. Add the veggies that take longer to cook like plantain first, then beans etc.
Meanwhile, blend the coconut to a smooth or semi-smooth paste with the green chillies or half the green chillies and jeera. When the veggies are almost cooked, add this blended paste and curry leaves cook for a few minutes. Finally add the yogurt/lime juice/raw mango and mix it in. You can season with mustard seeds if you wish. Serve the above with rice, pappadums and plantain chips.
