Avial rice with broccoli, avakai pickle and yogurt on the side Around - Broccoli-pigeon peas, tender Pumpkin, Raw banana, Cooked vegetables and Avial |
Ingredients:
3-4 cups when cut Pumpkin (mathan/perangikai/lal bhopla) light yellow and tender is preferred
3-4 cups when cut Winter melon/pushnikai/elavan/safed bhopla
3-4 Raw green bananas/vazhakai to yield 3-4 cups when cut
1 medium sized potato
2-3 sprigs of Curry leaves3-4 cups of plain yogurt nicely blended or use thick buttermilk
Turmeric powder and salt to taste
To grind
1 and 1/2 cup grated coconut
10-12 spicy Thai green chillies
To season
1 tbsp coconut oil(taste to make sure it is not rancid)
Directions:
- Cut the vegetables into finger thin and long pieces 1 and 1/2" long and 1/2 cm wide. Raw banana skin must be pared like you would the potatoes.
- In a deep wide mouth pan/vessel, add 3-4 cups of water, add curry leaves, turmeric and salt.
- Add the raw banana and potato first, bring it to boil and cook for a few minutes before adding the winter melon and the pumpkin which cook faster. Add sufficient water as shown in the image above.
- Cover and cook well. Lower the heat when done.
- Grind coconut and green chill, add it along with the yogurt to the cooked vegetables. Add salt as needed.. Mix well and bring close to boiling.
- Switch off the beat before it reaches a rolling boil else the yogurt will split.
- Add the coconut oil and stir well
- Enjoy with steamed rice.
Broccoli side dish recipe can be found here - Tomato Rasam with Broccoli and Soybean vegetable...
Avial and savory pongal are a well known combination, find the pongal recipe here.. Savory and Sweet Pongal....
Avial and savory pongal are a well known combination, find the pongal recipe here.. Savory and Sweet Pongal....
As a main dish avial is mixed with rice, so more gravy is needed. Avial as a side dish is much thicker in consistency, reduce the water and yogurt quantity used while cooking. also add 1 tbsp of rice flour while grinding, it will help thicken the gravy.
Optional - You can add bitter gourd(parikai/pavakai/karela), snake gourd(podalangai), an drumstick(murungakai/shenga),....remember drumstick takes a long time to cook.
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