Aviyal
Curry from Kerala
Recipe by Padmaja Ramapriya of
Avial is a curry dish from South India. It uses some seasonalvegetables and because of that, flavor of this dish changes from season to season. This recipe serves 5 members
Ingredients
vegetarian
4 servings
- 3 cups Buttermilk, cultured bulgarian
- 4 cups Vegetables, mixed
- 1 piece Ginger, one inch
- 3 tsps. Cumin Seeds
- 8 nos. Green Chilies
- ½ no. Coconut, fresh
Salt to taste
Directions
- Steam all the vegetables just enough so that they are still firm.
- You can also cook the vegetables in a covered vessel with water.
- Combine Ginger, coconut, cumin, chillies and little water into paste.
- Pour the paste into the cooked vegetables making sure that there is not too much water in the vegetables already.
- Simmer covered for 20 minutes. Add Buttermilk to it.
- Boil it for another 5 minutes.
- Serve hot with rice or you can use it as a side dish for Adai.