Beans Urulai Kilangu Avial / Beans Potato Avial

In our house probably we will have avial thrice a week...Each time amma makes this with different vegetables..

Some day she will make tomato avial or drumstick avial or yam avial and many more..Each time the flavours will be completely different and unique...

Today I am going to share my mums favorite avial using Beans and Potato.The vegetables are cooked in a spicy green coconut sauce...Totally delicious..

I would advice you to make the tempering using coconut oil..Because she always used that so I do..

I can give you a tip too,Whenever you are making any dish that have some form of coconut in it..try using coconut oil in that..because that enhances the flavour of the entire dish..

Ok no more delay..Off to the recipe..

Ingrediants:

Beans-15 cut into a inch size

Potato-3 cut into a inch size

Turmeric powder-1 tsp

Tamarind paste-1 tsp mixed with some water

Salt to taste

For Grinding:

Coconut-1 cup

Green chilli-3

Curry leaves-1 spring

Cumin seeds-1 tsp

Turmeric powder / Manjal podi-1 tsp

For Tempering:

Coconut oil-1 tblspn

Mustard seeds / Kaduku -1 tsp

Cumin seeds / Jeerakam – 1 tsp

Curry leaves -1 spring

Method:

Take beans,potato,turmeric and salt in a kadai.Add ½ cup of water and cook it covered on a low flame..It will take around 15-20 mins

Take coconut,cumin seeds,green chilli,curry leaves,turmeric in a blender and make it into a fine puree by adding some water..

Now pour this masala into the cooked vegetables and mix well..

Pour in tamarind water and mix well..Cook this for 5 mins..

Now make tempering by heating oil and crackling mustard seeds, cumin seeds and curry leaves..

Pour this over the avial and mix well.

Serve with rice and any gravy..

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Pictorial:

Take all your ingrediants..Please add tamarind in this list...I forgot..

Add salt and turmeric to vegetables

pour in some water

heat it and bring it to a boil

cover and simmer

till the potato is cooked

Meanwhile take ingrediants for masala in a blender

make it into a fine puree

pour it in

bring it to boil

add some tamarind juice in this and cook for couple more mins

Make tempering and pour it in..

The coconut oil smells divine

have this with rice