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Avial
With Rice
Avial - a Kerala mixed vegetable curry in coconut and curd.
Mixed vegetables cooked together with a coarse coconut-chilli paste, curd and coconut oil.
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AMMAMMA'S NOTES.
Mixed vegetables (any you like)
2-3 cups cut
Green chilly
2-3
Coconut oil
2 spoon
Salt
to taste
Coconut (grated)
5-6 spoon
Curd
1/4 cup
Curry leaves
few
Mango (optional, reduces curd if used)
optional
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Put all the cut vegetables in a vessel, pour in a little water and turmeric.
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If using a cooker, cook for 3-4 whistles; otherwise cook until the vegetables are soft.
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When released, take out the boiled vegetables and add salt.
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Grind coconut and green chillies to a paste and add to the boiled vegetables; keep on the stove and mix well.
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Add coconut oil and curd, then switch off the stove.
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Add curry leaves at the end.
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THE CLASSIC — IF ANYONE GIVES IN TO CHILDREN'S TANTRUMS, IT'S GRANDMOTHERS. I WENT THROUGH A “NO, I WILL NOT EAT VEGETABLES” PHASE, AND SHE'D KEEP AVIAL ASIDE FOR ME, CAREFULLY SPOONING ALL THE VEGETABLES OUT OF A CUP, JUST FOR ME, ADDING EXTRA CURD TO MAKE SURE I HAD ENOUGH. EVENTUALLY I GOT OLDER, SO CARROT WAS ALLOWED, AND THEN BASICALLY EVERYTHING.
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