Mixed Vegetable Aviyal

Ingredients:

Raw banana-1
Drumstick-1 (Drumsticks are long, green pods grown on trees)
Carrot-2 medium sized
Potato- 1 medium sized
Raw mango-1
small sized Green Chile-2
Curry leaves- 6 to 7 leaves
Coconut oil- 1/2 tbsp
Salt as required

To Grind:
Coconut- 3 tbsp
Turmeric powder- 1/2 tsp
Cumin seeds- 1/2 tsp

Instructions:

Wash and slice all the vegetables lenghtways. For raw banana, carrot, potato and drumstick peel them before slicing it. Heat oil in a kadai or pan. Add all the washed and chopped vegetables, except raw mango. Stir well to coat in oil. Cover the pan and let it cook for 3 to 4 minutes. Meanwhile grind together coconut, turmeric and cumin seeds into coarse paste. Add the ground mixture along with green chillies, raw mango and salt to the vegetable mixture. Add enough water to cover the vegetables. Cover the pan with a lid and cook until the vegetables are soft enough. Finally heat oil in a separate kadai, add the curry leaves, stir for 1 minute. Pour the hot oil on top of the cooked aviyal.

This Aviyal goes well with plain rice with a combination of Spicy fish gravy and poppadums.

Note: Instead of coconut oil you can also use sunflower oil or any other oil of your choice, but coconut oil gives a special touch to this aviyal.

Serves 4.

From tasteofpearlcity.blogspot.com