Aviyal - Mixed Vegetables with Coconut
This is one of the most popular ways of serving vegetables in South India.
Ingredients:(Serves 6)
About 6 cups mixed vegetables cut into julienne strips- carrots, french beans, zucchini, pumpkin, capsicum, eggplant, choko, cucumber, etc.
1/2 cup fresh green peas
1/2 cup freshly grated coconut or 3 tablespoons
Natco Desiccated Coconut1 cup water
1 teaspoon
Natco Cumin Seeds 1 teaspoon chopped garlic
2 fresh green chillies, seeded
1/2 cup
Natco Coconut Milk Salt to taste
6
Natco Curry LeavesMethod:In a saucepan bring to the boil enough lightly salted water to cover one kind of vegetable. Boil each vegetable separately, just long enough to make it tender but not soft and mushy. Take out vegetables on slotted spoon and put them in a bowl. Use the same water for all the vegetables, adding a little water at a time as it boils away, but keeping the quantity small. Save the cooking liquid.
In a blender put the coconut, water, cumin seeds, garlic and chillies. Blend on high speed until the coconut is very finely ground. Put this into the saucepan with the vegetable stock, add the coconut milk, salt and curry leaves and bring to the boil. Add the vegetables, simmer uncovered for 5 minutes. Serve hot with rice.
