Aviyal

Preparation Time : 40 minutes

Cooking Time : 25 minutes

Serves : 4

Ingredients

Carrot – 2 small

Beans – 100 gms

Cluster beans – 100 gms

Broad beans(Avaraikkai) – 100 gms

White pumpkin – one small piece

Brinjal – 100 gms

Yam – 100 gms

Potato – 100gms

Raw banana -100 gms

Turmeric

Salt to taste

Beaten Curd – ½ to ¾ cup

Coconut oil – 2 tbsp

Curry leaves – 2 – 3 sticks

To Grind 

Grated coconut – half a coconut

Chillies – 6- 7

Procedure

1. Cut all the vegetables into long 1.5 " pieces.

2. In a pan add carrot, beans, clusterbeans,water to soak these vegetables, turmeric and salt. 

3. Once the vegetables are half cooked add broad beans, yam, white pumpkin, potato, raw banana and brinjal.

4. Cover and cook, add approximately 1/2 cup of water if required.

5. Once all the vegetables are cooked, drain the water and keep it separately. This can be stored as vegetable stock.(Freeze them into cubes and use in soups) 

6. Grind the items given under the grinding section into a smooth paste

7. To the cooked vegetables add the ground paste and mix well.

8. Add more salt if required. Let it cool.

9. If you like the consistency of the gravy to be thick add a ladle of curd and some of the stock if you want. If you like it a little dilute you can add more curd / stock.

10. Finally add the curry leaves and coconut oil.