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Home » ACCOMPANIMENTS » Aviyal recipe, How to make aviyal

Aviyal recipe, How to make aviyal

April 3, 2010 by Raks Anand 60 Comments /

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Aviyal / Avial recipe tamil nadu version – Mixed vegetables, cooked in coconut based gravy and mixed with yoghurt/ curd and flavored with coconut oil and curry leaves.
I rarely make aviyal, and there are two reasons for that…One is mostly because of the veggies,the next reason is I forget 😉 But I love the flavor of the dish! Mostly I make this as an accompaniment for rice along with vatral kuzhambu or kara kuzhambu or puli kuzhambu.  I have never made this with Adai,which is the most famous combo! But I donno , we are not much fascinated about that combination.  Any ways this recipe I simply followed from the cookbook my mom gave me.  Came out nice!
Vj and me both of us love aviyal in a way,for both of us,the texture of the veggies is very important,we don’t like the veggies getting mashed,and we love our any kootu with the veggis not mashed too much,especially Vj enjoys the texture very much along with the taste 🙂 So here’s the recipe for the aviyal I made, and I am disclaiming this may not be the authentic aviyal recipe from Kerala… But the tamil version that we make at home. I assure you a great flavorful recipe 🙂
aviyal-adai

Aviyal recipe

Recipe Cuisine: Indian  |  Recipe Category: Side dish
Prep Time: 15 mins    |  Cook time: 15 mins    |  Serves: 4

Ingredients

Mixed veggies(see procedure for details) – 2 cups


Curd – 1/4 cup


Curry leaves – 1 sprig


Coconut Oil – 1 tsp


Green chilli slit – 2


Salt – As needed


To grind

Coconut – 1/4 cup


Green chilli – 2


Cumin seeds/jeera – 3/4 tsp


Rice four – 1/2 tsp


To temper

Coconut oil – 1 tsp


Curry leaves – 1 sprig


Mustard,optional – 1 tsp


Method:

  1. I used the veggies drumstick,cluster beans,broad beans,beans,snake gourd,carrot,potato and plantain.Cut them into long strips kind of pieces
  2. I first boiled the veggies in purple font above first,along with curry leaves  and after those veggies are half done,then added rest of the other..I added plantain lastly as it takes less time to get cooked. You can pressure cook all the veggies together too for just two whistles with very little water.While the veggies get cooked, grind the coconut,green chillies and rice flour with jeera, little water, to grind coarsely.
  3. how to prepare avial 1

  4. And add this mixture to the cooked veggies.
  5. how to prepare avial 2

  6. Let it come to boil. Remove from fire. And add the well beaten curd.
  7. how to prepare avial 3

  8. Mix in the curd and temper the aviyal with coconut oil and curry leaves.(mustard if desired). Mix raw coconut oil, 2 tsp for extra flavor!
  9. how to prepare avial 4

Notes
  • Adding more plantain/ vazhakkai makes the avial dark in colour. 
  • You can use water washed out from rice (arisi mandi) for cooking veggies.
  • Add mango in avial towards end and skip curd for a vegan version of aviyal.

One more veggie I din’t add was ash gourd since I dint had…and its one of the considered veggie for aviyal.
Serve as accompaniment for rice or Adai. avial-recipe

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  1. Sharmilee! :)

    April 3, 2010 at 2:18 pm

    Tamila aviyalnu eluthi amrakalapaduthita….I luv this!!

    Reply
  2. Priti

    April 3, 2010 at 2:29 pm

    Looks tempting…never made aviyal…shall try once…and love ur fonts in tamil now 😉

    Reply
  3. Sailaja Damodaran

    April 3, 2010 at 2:37 pm

    My Fav.Raks………..super

    Reply
  4. jeyashrisuresh

    April 3, 2010 at 2:38 pm

    my family's alltime favourite.I too mae this in the similar way and the combo of veggies are quite new and sounds great.will try using these when i mae next time.

    Reply
  5. Pavithra

    April 3, 2010 at 2:51 pm

    Very cooling recipe ..yeah even I dont like avial with adai …

    Its perfect

    Reply
  6. Preeti Kashyap

    April 3, 2010 at 3:26 pm

    looks awesome..my fav! I have it nei saadam, adai is not a fav combo for me too.

    Reply
  7. shanthi

    April 3, 2010 at 3:38 pm

    Looks awesome and tempting

    Reply
  8. Nithya

    April 3, 2010 at 3:40 pm

    Looks fantastic and the tamil font is so apt for a tamil dish 🙂

    Reply
  9. Pavithra

    April 3, 2010 at 4:17 pm

    My fav one raji.. I can eat the whole avial without any other meal. Looks so yummy and with tamil font superb.

    Reply
  10. Pavithra

    April 3, 2010 at 4:24 pm

    Yah even we two love the veggies to be crunchy and color to be maintained mostly, not to be mashed. Otherwise it spoils the taste of the whole dish.

    Reply
  11. Jay

    April 3, 2010 at 4:49 pm

    u have a pleasant looking blog…good collection of recipes n really tempting pics…glad to follow u…do drop in at my blog sometime…

    Reply
  12. Chitra

    April 3, 2010 at 4:59 pm

    I loveee my mom's aviyal a lot.U reminded me..:) looks nice !!

    Reply
  13. Priya

    April 3, 2010 at 5:06 pm

    Such an authentic dish, i love it..

    Reply
  14. Cilantro

    April 3, 2010 at 6:00 pm

    I make Avial too and love them with Sambar and Appalam. I have tried Adai with Avial but did not like the combination like most claim to be the best.

    Reply
  15. indhu

    April 3, 2010 at 6:11 pm

    Even I can never understand the adai-avial combination… but my best friend goes crazy about this combination… I must make avial soon… it will go awesome with some spicy dish on the side 🙂

    – Indhu(www.thayirsaadham.com)

    Reply
  16. Meena

    April 3, 2010 at 7:18 pm

    Aviyal looks excellent…raks…I make kerala version…I love this recipe plus I also add yam/chenai…

    Reply
  17. Geetha Achal

    April 3, 2010 at 10:01 pm

    சூப்பர்ப்…அருமையான அவியல்…

    Reply
  18. Nithu Bala

    April 3, 2010 at 10:46 pm

    very inviting..my favou dish..often make this at home..your presentation is so good..

    Reply
  19. Ammu Madhu

    April 4, 2010 at 12:41 am

    lovely

    Reply
  20. Vijis Kitchen

    April 4, 2010 at 1:25 am

    this is my fist visit. My all time fav dish. My state fav dish. In Kerala each city their own style.
    I like your style too.

    pls visit http://www.vijisvegkitchen.blogspot.com

    Thanks Rak.

    Reply
  21. Shobana senthilkumar

    April 4, 2010 at 1:29 am

    Nice tempting dish….raaji i tried ur brinjal ….it came out very well:)

    Reply
  22. Nags

    April 4, 2010 at 2:25 am

    Its been ages since i made it too!!

    Reply
  23. Sushma Mallya

    April 4, 2010 at 5:31 am

    Simple and delicious, one of my fav too and nice delicious way to eat all the veggies…

    Reply
  24. Shama Nagarajan

    April 4, 2010 at 5:40 am

    we love this…any thing with spicy yogurt…nice presentation

    Reply
  25. Premalatha Aravindhan

    April 4, 2010 at 5:41 am

    Nice Aviyal.Luks Perfect!!!I love it…

    Reply
  26. Ms.Chitchat

    April 4, 2010 at 6:24 am

    Perfect avial recipe. Loved the illustrative clicks as usual.

    Reply
  27. Supriya Nair

    April 4, 2010 at 10:43 am

    The aviyal looks perfect here…luv the click!

    Reply
  28. Priya

    April 4, 2010 at 1:46 pm

    pls collect the award from my blog..

    Reply
  29. simply.food

    April 4, 2010 at 5:34 pm

    what alovely medley of veggies you have used in this dish sounds delicious.

    Reply
  30. Nutan

    April 5, 2010 at 2:36 am

    Looks delicious. Good presentation!

    Reply
  31. Parita

    April 5, 2010 at 5:21 am

    Its been a long time since i made this! I love aviyal for 3 reasons, its healthy with loads of veggies, so easy to make and coconut! I love anything with coconut!

    Reply
  32. sowmya's creative saga

    April 5, 2010 at 8:18 am

    love this..always a favourite at home..

    Reply
  33. Tina

    April 5, 2010 at 1:44 pm

    My all time fav curry…Delicious combination with rice…

    Reply
  34. Srimathi

    April 5, 2010 at 5:21 pm

    The photo looks amazing.I really feel like scooping a karandi of it. YUM!

    Reply
  35. Cham

    April 5, 2010 at 6:17 pm

    I rarely make Aviyal because of my DH not so fond… Looks superb and delicious!

    Reply
  36. Laavanya

    April 5, 2010 at 6:42 pm

    I love aviyal… and that looks really good. I don't make it very often too – only spl occasions or with adai.

    Reply
  37. A Homemakers Diary

    April 6, 2010 at 10:33 am

    thats a perfect looking avial I must say. very pretty set up too.

    Reply
  38. deepa

    April 6, 2010 at 12:48 pm

    Looks fantastic and tempting.

    Deepa
    Hamaree Rasoi

    Reply
  39. veggie belly

    April 6, 2010 at 4:51 pm

    I love a good avial, your looks yummy!

    Reply
  40. Sandhya Hariharan

    April 6, 2010 at 5:05 pm

    Nice clicks …
    We normally… make it similarly:)

    Reply
  41. SpicyTasty

    April 7, 2010 at 1:54 am

    Nice avial recipe. One of my fav. Lovely click.

    Reply
  42. AdukalaVishesham

    April 7, 2010 at 8:57 pm

    We also make our Avial the same way except we dont add rice flour… Your Avial looks excellent

    Reply
  43. Suhaina

    April 8, 2010 at 1:10 am

    Wow. You have a wonderful blog. Avial looks super. Very happy to follow you….
    If time permits kindly visit my blog
    http://www.mysingaporekitchen.blogspot.com

    Reply
  44. Ruchikacooks

    April 8, 2010 at 2:52 am

    Your recipes are very special raks, simple and easy but very tasty. Idiyappam is one I make often now, and then this poriyal and now parotta. Pizza is on my menu next..may be the sweet kalkandu pongal also 😀

    http://ruchikacooks.com

    Reply
  45. Brief Description

    February 18, 2013 at 3:11 am

    The Avial looks like stue in color……. May be the combination works with taste….

    Reply
  46. Pooja

    August 2, 2013 at 1:43 am

    Looks awesome! One question for you: I am on a low carb diet so rice flour is a no-no.. would it be acceptable if I used besan or urad flour instead? please let me know. thanks! 🙂

    Reply
  47. Raks anand

    August 2, 2013 at 1:46 am

    Sure you can use 🙂

    Reply
  48. Raks anand

    August 2, 2013 at 1:48 am

    Still, 1/2 tsp of rice lour also you cant consume?!!:) In the whole recipe only 1/2 tsp and I am not sure how much avial you are going to eat in that, I feel its ok for 1/2 tsp rice flour. If you want to omit also fine, no problem, you can omit the rice flour.

    Reply
  49. sharmi

    January 10, 2014 at 11:28 am

    Wat. Veggies u
    Add??

    Reply
  50. lakshmi

    March 26, 2014 at 3:56 am

    Raji what type of coconut oil do v need to use pls .. Since I love this combo I didn't get a chance to make it…please clear my doubt. Thanks.

    Reply
  51. Raks anand

    March 26, 2014 at 3:58 am

    I use our own coconut oil with the coconut that we give to Chekku for making oil.

    Reply
  52. Sangeetha Duraisamy

    October 18, 2014 at 2:14 pm

    Very Yummy Recipes for Vegetarian People

    Reply
  53. priya nisanth

    March 10, 2016 at 1:32 am

    I just now started reading your blogs really interesting going to surprise my husband with different dishes daily

    Reply
  54. Unknown

    August 3, 2016 at 6:47 am

    A good attempt but sorry Avial is NEVER tempered. I.e no mustard at all. Season with curry leaves.

    Reply
  55. Raks anand

    August 3, 2016 at 7:45 am

    I have mentioned as optional, it is purely my version

    Reply
  56. Meena Somu

    February 17, 2018 at 11:59 pm

    Lovely tasty aviyal recipe.I would like to know what is the brand of the glass vessel that you have used on gas top.Would be helpful for me to get it

    Reply
  57. Meena Somu

    February 17, 2018 at 11:59 pm

    Tasty delicious avail.I see the beautiful glass vessel used on the gas top.Where can I buy such vessels?Any brand name?

    Reply
  58. Raks Kitchen

    February 19, 2018 at 4:49 am

    It is called VISIONS, kind of corningware.

    Reply
  59. U N

    August 26, 2020 at 3:22 am

    Tried this recipe as my mentioned and it cane out great!! Everyone loved it! I love your recipes, they are pretty authentic and see super tasty!!!

    Reply
    • Raks Anand

      August 26, 2020 at 2:43 pm

      thank you

      Reply

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