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Senai Kizhangu Avial Recipe / Yam Avial Recipe / Elephant Yam Avial Recipe

June 28, 2014 By Aarthi 5 Comments

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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:

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 – 1/2 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:
Cut your yam
Add them to a kadai
cover with water
cover with a lid
cook till they are tender
drain it
Grind all the ingredients to masala
grind them to a slightly coarse paste
Now add the cooked yams in the same kadai
Season with some salt
add a little tamarind juice
once it is mixed and dried up
add in the ground masala
Let it get mixed properly
Now make tempering..Heat some oil
Add in mustard seeds
pour this over the avial
mix well
Serve this with rice..
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About Aarthi

Over the past few years I’ve been on a mission to find and create recipes that I can make from scratch. I hope you enjoy the recipes on this blog as they are tried and true from my kitchen to yours!

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  1. Anonymous

    June 28, 2014 at 8:59 am

    does not avial require sour curds ?.

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  2. Aarthi

    June 29, 2014 at 10:18 am

    @AnonymousThis avial dont need curd, since we have tamarind in this

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  3. Anonymous

    June 29, 2014 at 10:48 am

    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

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  4. Anonymous

    July 8, 2014 at 10:50 am

    Hi at which point will v add salt

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  5. Aarthi

    July 8, 2014 at 1:32 pm

    @AnonymousRight after boiling yams and adding it to kadai.

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