Aviyal

Ingredients

Vegetables of your choice - about 2.5 cups (cut into 2" pieces)

 {You may make Aviyal with whatever vegetables you have on hand . The vegetables I have used are Ashgourd - 1/4 cup,  Raw banana - 1/4 cup, Green beans - 1/4 cup, Carrot - 1/4 cup, Drumstick -1, Yellow Pumpkin -1/4 cup, Yam - 1/4 cup, Raw Mango - 1, Cucumber - 1/4 cup . 

Curry leaves - 2 spring

Coconut oil - 1 tblsp
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Salt - to taste

To grind

Coconut - 1/2 cup (grated)
Green chilly - 4

Small Onion - 1

Tamarind - small ball / Sour Curd - 1/4 cup
Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp

Method1. Cover and cook all the vegetables for 5 minutes with turmeric, salt and 1/2 cup water in a
kadai.
2. In the meantime grind coconut, green chilly, small onion, cumin seeds and tamarind/curd.
3. When the veggies are half cooked add the ground mixture to it and mix everything well.
4. Continue to cook on low flame till the veggies become tender. Mix everything occasionally to avoid the veggies from sticking to the bottom of the kadai.
5. The vegetables should be tender but still hold its shape. At this stage turn off the stove.

6. Drizzle some fresh coconut oil and some curry leaves on top and keep covered till you are ready to serve.

       - Alternatively, you can make a tempering of mustard seeds and curry leaves in some coconut oil and add to the aviyal. 

This is one way of making aviyal. It varies in different parts of kerala and Tamilnadu.