This is my mom's recipe, she makes a variety of avial with whole lot of veggies. She makes avial atleast three times a week. You can check out my avial recipes too.Now this avial is one of my favorite one, i like to mix this with cooked rice and have it as it is, it is that tasty one..So you have to try this recipe and let me know if you liked it..
Preparation Time : 10 mins
Cooking Time : 20 mins
Serves : 3
Ingredients:
Cooking Time : 20 mins
Serves : 3
Ingredients:
Elephant Yam / Chena Kizhangu - 2 cup peeled and sliced
Tamarind Pulp - 1 tblspn
Salt to taste
Water as needed
Coconut Oil - 1 tsp
Mustard Seeds / Kaduku - 1 tsp
For Masala:
Coconut - 1 cup grated
Red Chilli Powder - 2 tsp
Whole Pepper - ½ tsp
Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam - 1 tsp
Method:
For Masala:
Coconut - 1 cup grated
Red Chilli Powder - 2 tsp
Whole Pepper - ½ tsp
Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam - 1 tsp
Method:
Grind the ingredients given for masala to a slightly coarse paste. Set aside till use.
Take yams in a kadai, cover it with water. Bring it to boil and cover the kadai with a lid. Cook till the yams is tender. Drain and set aside.
Now add yam to the same kadai. Add in the tamarind pulp and some water. Mix well till the raw smell leaves away.
Now add in the ground masala and mix well.
Cook this for a couple of mins.
Now make seasoning by heating oil and crackling mustard seeds. Pour this over the avial and mix well.
Serve.
Pictorial:
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| Cut your yam |
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| Add them to a kadai |
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| cover with water |
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| cover with a lid |
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| cook till they are tender |
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| drain it |
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| Grind all the ingredients to masala |
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| grind them to a slightly coarse paste |
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| Now add the cooked yams in the same kadai |
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| Season with some salt |
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| add a little tamarind juice |
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| once it is mixed and dried up |
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| add in the ground masala |
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| Let it get mixed properly |
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| Now make tempering..Heat some oil |
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| Add in mustard seeds |
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| pour this over the avial |
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| mix well |
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| Serve this with rice.. |
Anonymous
does not avial require sour curds ?.
Aarthi
@AnonymousThis avial dont need curd, since we have tamarind in this
Anonymous
hi, In Tirunelveli dist, we never use curd for avail only tamarind... Also brahmins just use make a stiff small ball of tamarind and let it boil with Avail and remove it later after switching off the stove or before serving
Anonymous
Hi at which point will v add salt
Aarthi
@AnonymousRight after boiling yams and adding it to kadai.