Avial

I love Avial because it's yummy, and is made from a lot of vegetables... so much fibre. There are loads of recipes for Avial. This is my way of making it, with ginger.

Ingredients

Vegetables

1 cup of Carrot
1 cup of Cucumber
1 cup of Snake Gourd
1 cup of Raw Plantain

Other vegetables that may be used are Beans, Drumstick, edible Gourds (including Bitter Gourd), Potatoes, Pumpkins, and Yam.

1/4 teaspoon of turmeric powder
1/4 teaspoon of chili powder
1/2 teaspoon of cumin powder
salt to taste
6-7 shallots
2-3 green chilies
1 tablespoon of coconut oil
1/2 teaspoon of grated ginger
1 tablespoon of grated Raw Mango
2 tablespoons of grated coconut
1 cup of sour curds
a few curry leaves

Instructions

Chop all the vegetables into 2' pieces. Boil the vegetables with the turmeric, chili,  cumin and salt in about 2 glasses of water.

Rough grind the green chilies and shallots.

Warm the coconut oil, add the ginger and saute for about 30 seconds. Then add the shallot / green chili paste and saute for about a minute. Add the boiled vegetables and the raw mango, mix well on low heat. Then add the grated coconut and sour curds. Turn off the heat and mix well. Garnish with curry leaves.

Serve with hot steamed rice.