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Aviyal - Nice For Rice

Pressure cooker aviyal
Prep Time 20 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Cuisine Kerala
Servings 4 people

Ingredients
  

  • 1 no Raw banana Paccha Ethaka
  • 1 cup Elephant yam Chena
  • 1 no Carrots big
  • 1 no Drumstick Muringakka
  • 1/2 cup Potato
  • 1/2 cup Snake gourd Padavalanga
  • 1/2 cup Cucumber Kumbalanga/vellarikka
  • 3 nos Beans/Long Beans
  • 1 no Onion optional, medium
  • 3 nos Green chillies
  • 3/4 tbsp Chilly powder
  • 1/4 tbsp Turmeric powder
  • 1 tbsp Thick tamarind water
  • Curry leaves A few
  • 1/4 cup Water

For grinding:

  • 1 1/2 cups Grated Coconut
  • 1/2 tsp Cumin seeds Jeerakam
  • 1/2 sprig Curry leaves
  • 3 nos Small onions Kunjulli

Instructions
 

  • If u don`t have all the vegetables listed above. You can use any vegetables u have except ladies finger(vendakka) and tomato. Cut all the vegetables lengthwise of 1/2 inch length.
  • Put all the vegetables in a pressure cooker.
  • Add chilli powder, turmeric, water and salt into it and mix well.
  • Close the lid and cook it in high flame upto 1 whistle and 2 mins in simmer.
  • Switch off the stove.
  • Grind together coconut, cumin seeds, onions and curry leaves.
  • Preheat a tava and put the cooked vegetables along with the ground paste and tamarind water.
  • Cook for another 2 mins.
  • Switch off the stove.
  • :- Do not overcook as it can get dried up quickly.
  • Add curry leaves and coconut oil and mix well.
  • Close the lid and let the aroma spread into the curry.
  • :- Serve hot.
  • :- You can substitude tamarind with curd or raw mango. While using raw mango u have to cook it with other vegetables.
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