Raw Banana / Vazhakai- ½ cup peeled and cut lengthwise
Brinjal / Kathirikai- ½ cup cut lengthwise
Drumstick / Murungaikai - ½ cup cut lengthwise
Potato - ½ cup cut lengthwise
Carrot - ½ cup cut lengthwise
Elephant Yam / Chena Kizhangu- ½ cup cut lengthwise
Cucumber - ½ cup cut lengthwise
String Beans - 5 cut lengthwise
Cluster Beans / Kothavarangai - 5 cut lengthwise
White Pumpkin - ½ cup cut lengthwise
Snake Gourd / Pudalangai - ½ cup cut lengthwise
Turmeric Powder / Manjal Podi - 1.5 tsp
Salt to taste
Water - ½ cup to ¾ cup
Sour Raw Mango - ½ cup
Tamarind Pulp - 2 tsp or to taste
For Grinding:
Coconut - 2 cup grated
Green Chilli - 4 to 5
Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam - 1 tsp
Shallots / Sambar Onion / Chinna Ulli - 1
For Tempering / Seasoning:
Oil - 1 tblspn
Mustard Seeds / Kaduku - 1 tsp
Curry leaves - 1 spring
Instructions
Grind all the ingredients given in the list to a little coarse paste without adding any water. Set this aside till use.
Take all vegetables in a thick bottom pan. Sprinkle in ½tsp of turmeric powder and mix well. Add in water and press the vegetables with your hands so everything is well immersed.
Cover this with a lid and bring it to a boil. Simmer this for 10 mins till the vegetables are half cooked.
Add in raw mango, salt and mix well. Cover again and cook for 10 more mins or till the vegetables are completely cooked.
Now add in the ground masala, 1 tsp of turmeric powder, tamarind pulp and mix well.Cook this for 5 mins.
Now make seasoning. Heat oil and crackle mustard seeds and curry leaves. Pour this over the avial and mix well.