Udupi Avial

This recipe is for all my vegan friends out there who love Avial. We have used tamarind instead of curd and red chillies instead of green chillies. This is a traditional Udupi recipe. I am sure all of you will love this recipe - vegan or not.


Ingredients :

1 cup grated coconut

2 to 3 red chillies

1 tablespoon raw rice

1 teaspoon jeera

1 cup mixed vegetables (beans, carrot, peas, cauliflower etc)

1 small gooseberry sized tamarind.

1 teaspoon oil

¼ teaspoon mustard seeds

10 curry leaves

Method :

Soak rice in water for 1 hour.

Grind soaked rice, coconut, red chillies and jeera to a fine paste.

Boil all vegetables with required amount of water with salt. Add tamarind to the vegetables when it is 50 % cooked.

Add the prepared paste and let it come to  a boil.

Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds. When it starts crackling, add curry leaves, wait for a few seconds and switch off the gas. Add this tadka to the Aviyal.

Serve hot with rice.