Dry Aviyal

Ingredients

Carrot-2 Raw Banana-1 Yam-medium piece Beans-5 Long Beans -8 Ash Gourd -medium Piece Drum Stick -3 Small Onion-3 Cumin seeds-1/4 tsp Coconut-1 Green Chilli-4 Turmeric Powder-1/4 tsp Salt- Curry Leaves - Coconut Oil - Method

Cut vegetables into medium thick long sticks .. Wash them with salt and strain for 10 minutes .. In a heavy bottom pan heat 2 tbsp of coconut oil .Add all veg one by one and sauté for 10 minutes in medium flame .. Now add chilli powder,turmeric powder ,chilli slits ,and salt along with some curry leaves .. Mix

well …. Close the pan ,lower the flame and cook until done stirring occasionally .. Then add tamarind juice ..(amount of sourness is purely depending up on ur choice ,so increase or decrease ) Slowly mix well and cook for 5 more minutes ..Now check the taste ,add salt if needed .. In between ,crush both cumin seeds and shallots together and mix with grated coconut and mix well with your hand.. Or u can just whip for a second in mixie ..We don’t want our coconut to grind ,just mix with cumin-shallot that's all..To that add little salt and mix .. Now add this coconut mix in our cooked vegetables and slowly mix until the coconut and vegetables join together … Now press with aviyal with a spoon to the bottom and close for few minutes in medium flame till u can see the steam coming …Give a taste test ,add salt or tamarind if necessary …Finally add crushed curry leaves and sprinkle coconut oil and mix and close .. Remove from the stove and allow to sit for few minutes before serving .The amount of coconut oil is giving that authentic smell and taste ..In sadya they add generous amount of coconut oil to get that oily finish .. So its your choice to add more or less oil …. So our simple tasty dry sadya aviyal is ready to serve....