Avial (Mixed vegetable curry)

Avial

Avial is one of main dish in all sadyas. Every body likes avial.Eat with sambar rice /chapathi

Ingredients

• Cut Beans ............... 1 packet
• Capsicum ............... 1
• Potato .....................2
• Cut Drumstick .........6
• Carrot ......................2
• Grated Coconut .......1cup
• Green Chili ..............5
• Curd ........................half cup or(you can use tamarind paste 1 tsp)
• Coconut Oil .............1 tsp
• Turmeric................1/2 tsp
• Few Curry Leaves
• Salt toTaste

Method.

• Cut capsicum, potato and carrot in julienne (long) pieces to about 2". 
• Boil all the vegetables(capsicum, potato, carrot, cut beans, drumstick)with little water.
• Add turmeric,tamarind (use two tbsp yogurt instead of tamarind) and salt. Do not add more water
• Grind the coconut and green chillies coarsely.
• When the vegetables are cooked, add the ground coconut and curd. 
• Mix it well . It should be thick. 
• Add curry leaves and coconut oil. (If available, you can add raw banana, yam or snake gourd)

Capsicum Raita

Prepare time............5min

                                                 
  Ingredients

Green Pepper

• Capsicum.............................. 1
• Curd (Yogurt) ........................2 cups
• Mustard Seeds ......................1tsp...
• Jeera(Cumin seed) .................1 tsp 
• Chopped Coriander Leaves ...2 tsp
• Salt to Taste

Method

• Cut the capsicum into small pieces
• Heat a pan with little oil add the mustard seeds and jeera.
• When the mustard splutters add to the curd. 
• Add salt to taste.Mix well and sprinkle coriander leaves.
• Same way you can make Okra Raita,Bitter gourd Raita, and spinach raita.(fry them in oil.cool and add to the yogurt)

Raita

Cucumber Raitha.

• Grate the cucumber add to the yogurt. 
• Heat a pan with 1tsp oil add mustard seeds, red chili and curry leaves and add to the raitha.
• Same way make raitha with dhuthi.