Aviyal (a mixed vegetable with spices and coconut n yogurt, an authentic south indian specialty).

Ingredients:

• 1 cup fresh carrots cut 1 to 1 1/2" long
• 2 Fresh drumsticks cut 1 1/2" long
• 2 cups squash such as zucchini, chayote, indian ash gourd cut
• 5 small eggplants cut lengthwise
• Green beans cut the same size as carrots
• Potatoes, boiled and cut into large cubes
• 1 cup coconut, shredded
• 4 green chillies
• 2 dry red chillies
• 1 Tbspn. cumin seeds
• 2 tsps. mustard
• Few curry leaves
• 3 cups yogurt
• Salt to taste
• 1 Tbsp. fresh coconut oil

Method:

Steam cook all vegetables until they are soft but not mushy or over cooked. Grind to a fine paste, shredded coconut, chillies, cumin and mix them with yogurt. Mix them into the cooked vegetables. Heat over stove for a few minutes. Add salt. Garnish with mustard seeds. Finally add the coconut oil. Add the curry leaves right before serving.

Goes well with white or brown rice.

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