AVIYAL - Palakkad special recipe

AVIYAL - Mixed vegetable salad (Indian Style)

Avial is one of my favorite and like to have it with Adai ... very healthy and delicious !!!. 

Ingredients

Ash gourd	1 Medium size/100 gms
Carrot	1 Medium size/100 gms
Drumstick	1 nos
Potato	2 MS
Beans	8-10 nos
Raw plantain	3/4 th
Elephant foot yam	100 gms
white Pumpkin	100 gms
Grated coconut - 1 cup	1 cup
Cumin seeds /Jeera	1 Spoon
Green chilli	As needed
Curd	3/4th cup lightly sour
Curry Leaves	few
Coconut oil	2-3 tsp

• Wash and cut all vegetables lengthwise into equal sizes
• Grind Scraped Coconut and green chillies into fine paste using very little water
• Take a Kadai, add the ashgourd, raw plantains and yam at the bottom as these veggies take little longer time to cook and then add the other veggies. 
• Add salt to taste. 
• Add about cup of water (just a little ) and cook covered until the vegetables are just half done. 
• They should not get mushy. 
• Add the ground paste and mix gently and cover untill the vegetables are fully cooked.
• Now leave the cooked veggies aside untill it gets cooled down a bit 
• Add 1 cup sour curd and mix gently
• Add curry leaves and drizzle the coconut oil

Tips

• Any vegetable can be added like brinjal, green peas, Cluster beans...
• Vegetables should not be over cooked, It should just look like steamed vegetables.
• Turmeric can be added if you need avial to look yellow in color.