Avial

About Avial

Ingredients

• Medium carrot 1
• Ash gourd (petha) ¼
• Medium raw banana 1
• Drumsticks 2
• Medium potatoes 2
• String beans 7 to 8
• Salt to taste
• Turmeric powder ¼ tsp
• Coconut oil 1 tbsp
• Cumin seeds 1 tsp
• Mustard seeds 1 tsp
• Curry leaves 15 to 20
• Fresh coconut, scraped ½ cup
• Red chilli powder ¼ tsp
• Green chillies, chopped 1 tsp

How to Make Avial (Stepwise Photos)

Method

1. Peel carrot, ash gourd, raw banana, drumsticks and potatoes and cut into 1 inch pieces. String the beans and cut into 1 inch pieces.
2. Boil these vegetables in sufficient water with salt and turmeric powder in a deep non-stick pan till just done. Drain and set aside.
3. Heat coconut oil in a non-stick pan, add cumin seeds and mustard seeds and saute till seeds splutter.
4. Add curry leaves, coconut, salt, red chilli powder and green chillies and mix well.
5. Add boiled vegetables and toss till all the vegetables are well coated.
6. Transfer into a serving bowl and serve hot with rice and sambhar.

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Chef Shantanu Gupte

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Chaitrali Deshmukh

Thank you for the amazing instructions.

I have success w/ my dosa but does not last long stored in the refrigerator.

Maybe I am fermenting for too long, or add the salt before the rise?

I also was wondering if it is important to blend separately or can it be blended all together?

Reply

Chef Saransh Goila

Hi Chaitrali,
Yes, cut down the fermentation time and add salt only to the required portion at the time of making the dosa. Also storing in smaller containers just enough for a day helps. Once the batter in a larger container is disturbed (by stirring or scooping out a little etc), I feel it turns sour faster. You can blend them together if you want. But we do it separately because we want the dal batter to become fluffy and the rice batter slightly coarse. Fluffy dal batter makes the dosas light and coarse rice batter makes them extra crispy without making the dosas hard. Hope this helps