19 Apr 2007

Avial Thrissur special

Once when I published my avial recipe in one of the famous cooking sites, I got a message from a reader that no one would add small onions in the avial! :) Yeah,We use small onions for making avial. So, this avial has a different taste than the usual one. In some parts of Trissur, small onions or chuvannulli are added to avial. You can make this one without small onions too..



Ingredients
Vegetables - 2 1/2 cups
Vellarikka,Elephant yam(Chena),Raw banana(Ethakkaai),Kumbalanga,Carrot,Long runner beans(Achinga),Drumsticks(Muringakkai)
Grated coconut - 1 cup
Green chillies - 2 nos
Coconut oil - 2 tbsp
Small onions(Kunjulli) - 3 - 4 nos
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Cumin seeds(Jeerakam) - 1/4 tsp
Sour curd - 1/2 cup
Chilly powder - 1/2 tsp (optional)
Curry leaves - As reqd
Salt - As reqd



How to prepare
1)Cook the vegetables with salt, powders and 1 tbsp of coconut oil.:- There is no need to add water if you have washed it just before cooking.
2)Grind together 1 tbsp of coconut, cumin seeds and curd, till it becomes smooth paste.
3)Add remaining coconut, green chillies, small onions and a few curry leaves and finish grinding in one or two turn.
4)Add enough salt and mix well.
5)Pour this solution into the cooked vegetables and just heat it through. :- Don`t cook too much.
6)Remove from fire before boiling.
7)Make a small hole in the middle of curry with a spoon.
8)Fill it with curry leaves and add the remaining coconut oil.
9)Cover it with the gravy.
10)Keep the lid closed.
11)Mix before you use.

6 comments:

  1. nice recipe seena, this is sowmya anilpillai from pachakam.com.Adding onions brings out a different taste in the mix.Even I got constructive comment abt avoiding curd as it creates bacteria and to add tamarind..

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  2. Welcome, Sowmya! thanks for commenting.. Glad to know you loved my recipe, hope to see you again.. me too have posted some recipes there.. :)

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  3. hi seena. am new to cooking. In any recipe, a cup measure....does it indicate a tea cup??

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  4. Hi Seena,
    Prepared avial... what should I say? It was just perfect, the way I want it to be!!!
    I am so proud of preparing it... and so glad that you are my source all the time.
    My hubby liked it very much, when I packed the lunch, he took some more of it to share in office... can you believe this?
    Thank you soo much.
    nimi.

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  5. Dear Nimi,
    You always bring joy.. :) You know, back home everyone loves this avial, and often tell me to make this. Recently my grandma asked me for this avial again, though she doesn't like avial much.. I was so proud then.. :)

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  6. Got the guts to prepare this today & I must say Thank You!!
    Came out perfect & tasts yummy!!!
    Keep the website going for people like myself who see 'cooking' as a huge burden.
    Regards,
    Diana

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