🇮🇳 Indian Cuisine

Avial

Mixed Vegetable Coconut Curry

Prep Time 35 minutes

Servings 4

Difficulty medium

Calories 180 kcal

A thick mixed vegetable dish from Kerala made with coconut paste, curry leaves, and raw coconut oil. One of the essential dishes in a Kerala Sadya (feast).

Ingredients

drumstick
raw banana
yam
carrots
beans
ash gourd
grated coconut
green chilies
cumin seeds
yogurt
curry leaves
raw coconut oil
turmeric
salt

Instructions

1 Cut all vegetables into long uniform strips. Cook with turmeric and salt until just tender.
2 Grind coconut, cumin seeds, and green chilies into a coarse paste.
3 Add the coconut paste to the vegetables and mix gently. Simmer for 5 minutes.
4 Remove from heat and stir in beaten yogurt.
5 Add raw coconut oil and fresh curry leaves. Do not boil after adding yogurt.

Did You Know?

Legend credits the warrior Bhima from the Mahabharata with inventing avial when he mixed all available vegetables together while in exile.