Tasty side dish prepared with vegetables, curd and coconut. Aviyal is a delicious south Indian curry widely popular in Tamil nafu and Kerala. Aviyal can be prepared in instant pot as well.
I love coconut based dishes, and of all the coconut based dishes I do, Aviyal is my favorite. I still remember those childhood days when I question my Amma what is Aviyal. I knew koottu, sambar, curry (dry side dish), kuzhambu etc., as these are the basic ones we frequently eat at home. My Amma somehow convinces me telling its koottu.
I now disagree, as I have noticed three factors in most of the koottu – turmeric powder, cumin seeds and dal). Aviyal cooked at home doesn’t have that and so is the argument 🙂 My son is yet to start arguing with me as he is just 16 months, but knowing my history I know I have a challenge 🙂
Coming back to Aviyal, I cooked Aviyal on kaanum pongal with puliyodarai, Sakkarai pongal, coconut rice and semiya bagala bath and was it my draft for almost 2 months. Saturday is nombu for us, and I was thinking what was the recent festival. Remembered pongal and also remembered about the Aviyal in draft. Here it is 🙂
Ingredients:
Mixed Vegetables – 3 cups, peeled and chooped into bite size pieces (I used potato, white pumpkin, carrot, beans, ashgourd, drumstick, raw banana)
Thick Curd – 1/3 cup
Milk – 2 tbsp
Salt – to taste
To grind
Coconut – 1/2 cup
Green Chilli – 1 (Adjust according your taste)
To Temper:
Coconut Oil – 2 tsp
Curry leaves – few
Method:
- Boil water in a vessel and when the water boils, add carrot, beans, potato, drumstick, white pumpkin with little salt; cover and cook. Once the veggies are half cooked add raw banana; cook till veggies are fork tender. In a colander drain the veggies and keep the water
- Blend the coconut and green chilli into coarse paste with little water
- In the same pan add the cooked vegetables along with the coconut paste. Sprinkle the veggie cooked water according the consistency you desire (generally Aviyal is thick so I add very little water) and cook for 3 – 5 min
- Add salt and milk to the aviyal cook for a minute and switch off
- When the aviyal is cool down a bit add curd
- In a separate pan add oil, once the oil becomes hot, add add curry leaves allow it splutter. Add to the aviyal. Serve it as a side dish for variety rice or with plain steamed rice
Aviyal
Ingredients
- Mixed Vegetables - 3 cups peeled and chooped into bite size pieces (I used potato, white pumpkin, carrot, beans, ashgourd, drumstick, raw banana)
- Thick Curd - 1/4 cup
- Milk - 2 tbsp
- Salt - to taste
- To grind
- Coconut - 1/2 cup
- Green Chilli - 1 Adjust according your taste
- To Temper:
- Coconut Oil - 2 tsp
- Curry leaves - few
Instructions
- Boil water in a vessel and when the water boils, add carrot, beans, potato, drumstick, white pumpkin with little salt; cover and cook. Once the veggies are half cooked add raw banana; cook till veggies are fork tender. In a colander drain the veggies and keep the water
- Blend the coconut and green chilli into coarse paste with little water
- In the same pan add the cooked vegetables along with the coconut paste. Sprinkle the veggie cooked water according the consistency you desire (generally Aviyal is thick so I add very little water) and cook for 3 - 5 min
- Add salt and milk to the aviyal cook for a minute and switch off
- When the aviyal is cool down a bit add curd
- In a separate pan add oil, once the oil becomes hot, add add curry leaves allow it splutter. Add to the aviyal. Serve it as a side dish for variety rice or with plain steamed rice
Video
Notes
- I sprinkle water and prepare aviyal in the thick consistency as I got use to that texture, adjust water according to the consistency you desire
- Adding coconut oil enhances the flavor. If you use any other oil and cook curry leaves, finally add a drop of coconut oil for taste
- For Instant pot version avoid drumstick. Refer youtube video for Instant pot version as I have used different measurement of ingredients
Checkout other coconut based recipes,
Thengai Sadam (Coconut Rice) with coconut milk
You know what I never make aviyal properly 😉 This looks fab, I gotta try your recipe!!!
Thanks Malar:-) waiting to hear from you
This seems like real comfort food, creamy and hearty. Looks delicious.
Thanku Suzanne:-)
Lovely combination if veggies and looks delightful V… 🙂
Thanku Chitra:-)
Aviyal looks awesome Vidya .. My favourite thing too.. 🙂
Thanku Arasi:-)
Aviyal looks delicious, I make all the three version of it,
Wow I should try that:-) thanku Swathi
This is my daughter’s favourite side dish! We normally make it on special occasions but when the craving strikes there is no particular time for it. You are tempting me now!
🙂 if its daughter’s fav I can understand the frequency
My favorite! You do have a lot of other coconut-based recipes I have to check. 🙂
Thanku Apsara:-)
Hi Vidya,Avial is an inevitable dish of Kerala cuisine also. Recipe is similar with slight changes here and there. Your Avial looks very delicious. Seeing your work inspires me to cook more vegetarian dishes.
Thanku Saritha:-) I am also waiting for all your vegetarian dishes
Yummy. 🙂 I make it same way too. But I mix the coconut mixture in yogurt and then add it to the veggie 🙂
Thanku Sri:-)
Looks great Vidya..
Thanku Subha:-)
I too love coconut based dishes and aviyal is one of my favourite:)…Thanks for sharing dear:)
Thanku Padma:-)
i love avial too, but I’m yet to try making it at home. Your recipe looks so easy. I always thought its something very difficult n time consuming 🙂
Its very easy, Namrata. Do try it
Looks super tasty! I want to try this recipe!
Thanku Morcella:-)
Avial preparation romba azhaga irruku! remind me of my mom who makes this whenever there is adai batter. Your combo with puliyodarai sounds interesting, have to try that!
Thanku Mullai:-) yes pa Adai aviyal is yet another classic combo
one of my fav with Ada…
Thanku Veena:-)
Nice and yummy avial
Thanku Vani:-)
Delicious-looking dish! I love coconut.
Thanku:-)
All time favourite!! Love it 🙂
Thanks dear:-)
Yummy yummy!!!
Thanku Francesca:-)