Avial

Ingredients:

About 6 cups mixed vegetables cut into julienne strips-
carrots, french beans, pumpkin, capsicum,
eggplant, cucumber, etc.
1/2 cup fresh green peas

- Spices -

1/2 cup freshly grated coconut or 3 tablespoons
desiccated coconut
1 cup water
1 teaspoon cummin seeds
1 teaspoon chopped garlic
2 fresh green chillies, seeded
1/2 cup thick coconut milk
Salt to taste
6 curry leaves

Method:
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, cummin 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.

cabbage curry

finely shredded cabbage 250 gm
red chillies 6
mustard seeds 1/4 tsp
cumin seeds 1/2 tsp
chana dal 3 tbsp
curry leaves 1 tsp
coriander leave 2 tbsp
turmeric 1/4 tsp
oil 3 tbsp
salt to taste



Finely shred the cabbage. Heat oil in a non stick pan or a flat pan.

Add mustard, cumin seeds and when they splutter add chana dal

turmeric and curry leaves and fry a little more. add cabbage and

salt, mix well . Cover with lid and cook on low heat. no need to add

water. This can be competed in ten min and ready to eat. Add

coriander leaves and garam masala and remove from fire. Its best

for chapatis and rice too.

carrot curry

grated carrot 1 cup
chana dal 3 tbsp
onion 1
green chillies 2
curry leaves 1 tsp
coriander leaves 2 tsp
red chillie powder 1 tsp
turmeric 1/4 tsp
salt to taste
mustard seeds 1/4 tsp
cumin seeds 1/4 tsp
oil 2 tbsp



soak the chana dal in a cup of water. Heat oil in a pan and add
mustard and cumin seeds,chana dal and green chillies. When they
splutter add finely cut onions and fry till they are translucent.
Now add turmeric, red chillie powder and fry a little and add
grated carrot, salt and mix weill and cover with lid. cook on low
heat mixing ocassionally. This goes well with chapati and rice ...