Instant Avial with Premix

Instant Avial with premix

Avial premix powder

Instant Avial mix sounds like a boon to those craving for this delicious creamy coconut based curry with a choice of vegetables and a dash of coconut oil to invigorate the taste buds .

Avial is a popular Kerala dish with a mix of vegetables and mixed with a coconut yogurt base .
To those who are away from home, bachelors, students and moms who want to pack the foodie goodie bags with a choice of Instant foods , here is one more to add to the collection.

Definitely useful for a person who is away from home and with limited kitchen and gadget access .

All you need is to use around 2-3 tbs of this mix to the cooked vegetables and some whisked yogurt , and within minutes a delicious Avial is ready . A drizzle of fresh coconut oil on top completes the dish .

Ingredients : 

To make the mix…..this is a small sample size, prepare your bulk mix by scaling up and after testing and adjusting ingredients according to your choice . some prefer very less cumin etc .

1 tbsp cumin seeds

4-5 green or red dry chilies …make sure the green chillies are dried naturally, dont keep in sun, keep the green chillies on a plate and microwave or keep it in fridge on open plate , within a week the chillies will become dehydrated and have the green colour also, if you cannot and do n ot want to follow this, use red chillies .

3/4 cup coconut powder , make sure it is a fresh batch or better buy coconut milk powder , that tastes so good and creamy .

3 tbsp rice flour

Method:

Grind all the above in a very dry mixie jar to slightly coarse powder.

Store in a dry container .

Send this dry Avial mix with your loved ones to enjoy home made Avial when they feel like.

Note :

The measurements given should be scaled up to make bigger batch and in proportion .

To make instant Avial:

Cook a choice of vegetables like carrots, pumpkins, yam, green peas in very little salted water with a pinch of turmeric powder.

When vegetables have softened lightly, add 3 tbsp of the Avial powder ( for 1 cup mixed vegetables ))

keep flame on low, add whisked yogurt and mix gently as you dont want to mash up the vegetables..

Add a tsp of coconut oil on top after removing from flame.

Premix ingredients

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