Puli Avial

Ingredients

• • Drumsticks - 2
• • Banana/Plantain (raw) - 1
• • Cluster bean - ¼ kg
• • Colocasia - ¼ kg
• • Field bean - ¼ kg
• • Mango (raw) - 1
• • Elephant yam - ¼ kg
• • Potatoes - 2
• • Brinjals - 3
• • Tamarind extract (thin) - 2 tablespoons
• • Salt - as required
• • Turmeric powder - 2 pinches
• • Coconut oil - 1 tablespoon

Ingredients For Grind Together

• • Coconut (grated, fresh) - 1 ½ cups
• • Green chillies - 10
• • Cumin seeds - 1 ½ teaspoons
• • Rice (raw, soaked in water) - 2 tablespoons
• • Onions (peeled, small) - 2
• • Garlic (peeled) - 2 flakes

Method

• 1. Cut all the vegetables into 2 inch length pieces.
• 2. Pressure cook potato and Colocaesia. Peel and keep separately.
• 3. Boil other vegetables in enough water with turmeric powder.
• 4. Add cooked diced potato, colocasia, salt, tamarind extract and ground paste to that. Allow to boil, until thick.
• 5. Before removing from fire, heat coconut oil and pour on top of the avial. Cover with a plantain leaf.