Aviyal
Aviyal is traditional kerala dish with mixed vegetable medely without any seasoning.Lightly spiced.
Prep Time10 minutes mins
Cook Time30 minutes mins
Total Time40 minutes mins
Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: Indian
Keyword: Aviyal
Servings: 4
Calories: 170kcal
- ¼ cup Potato chopped into 1 ½- 2 inch pieces
- ½ cup Carrot chopped into 1 ½ - 2 inch pieces
- ¾ cup Cucumber chopped into 1 ½- 2 inch pieces
- 1 ½ cup Raw banana chopped into 1 ½- 2 inch pieces
- 1 ½ cup Eggplant chopped into 1 ½- 2 inch pieces
- ½ cup Beans: I used French beans
- ¼ teaspoon Turmeric powder
- ½ teaspoon Salt or to taste
- ½ cup Water
- ½ cup Coconut
- ½ teaspoon Cumin seeds
- 1 Green chili I used Serrano pepper
- Tamarind: small golf size ball
- 1 tablespoon Coconut oil
- 1 sprig Curry leaves
Wash and peel the skin of banana, potato, carrot and cucumber and cut into 1 ½ -2 inches pieces and set aside. Cut the eggplant into 1 ½ -2 inch pieces and set aside
Extract juice from the tamarind by heating tamarind with ⅛ cup water for 15 seconds on microwave at high. Strain and set aside the juice.
Cook the vegetables with turmeric and salt with 1 ⅓ cup of water until it gets cooked well it takes about 25 minutes. Add tamarind juice to the vegetables and cook for another 2 minutes.
In the mean time grind coconut with green chili and cumin seeds with ¼ cup of water. Add this ground paste to the cooked vegetables and cook for 1 minute.
To this add curry leaves and coconut oil and mix again once again and switch off the flame.
Enjoy with rice and sambar.
Calories: 170kcal | Carbohydrates: 27g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Sodium: 348mg | Potassium: 552mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 12g | Vitamin A: 3411IU | Vitamin C: 24mg | Calcium: 17mg | Iron: 1mg