Mixed Veggie - Aviyal

Cooking Time : 20 min. Serves : 4

Ingredients :

• Vegetables lengthwise cut - 2 cups (Omit the mushy vegetables like Brinjal, Okra, Cabbage, Cauliflower, Beetroot, Tomoto)
• Grated Coconut - 1/2 cup
• Cumin Seeds - 2 tbsp
• Green Chillies - 2 to 4
• Turmeric powder - 1/2 tbsp
• Yoghurt (curd) - 4 tbsp
• Coconut oil - 1 tbsp
• Curry leaves - to garnish
• Salt to taste

Preparation :

• Tamper few of the Cumin seeds in Coconut oil and add all the vegtables in the Kadai. Add Turmeric powder and salt then enough water just to cover the vegetables. Boil them covered until just done. Do not overcook the vegetables. 
• Grind the coconut with green chillies and cumin seeds adding very little water. When the vegetables are half - done add the coconut paste into the vegetables and cook on low heat for few more minutes till the vegetables are well cooked.
• Add the curd(yoghurt) just before removing from heat. Add curry leaves. Enjoy the taste with sambar rice or Adai.

Memories :

The day started out beautiful, much like everyday, with blue skies and puffy clouds. Even though, the Chennai weather report has broadcasted the chance of rain, there was no reason to believe it. Besides, the report, I have loved the rain since I was a little girl...hope so many agree with me. I love the smell of before it starts, or sometimes it hits the ground. Loooooooooooooved it always. Denny started sleeping in his cradle(thooli), as I was in the kitchen preparing this Aviyal, now and then I heard the loud winds. 

What a wind can do? But it does....!!! I looked out through the windows, and it had started raining! I couldn’t believe it, the sudden change in the weather. I turned on the knob for slow cooking and ran to the upstairs to take all the clothes from cloths line. When I made my way to downstairs...I was scared to death. Denny was trapped inside the apartment, since I have not put the chain lock, a strong wind closed the door. No mobile in hand, hated myself, waited for a while for the neighbour to come and called my husband to come as early as possible from work. He came and opened the door, for our surprise’ Denny was still sleeping in the cradle :) but the aviayal ...no comments. What it could be ….roasted?! More than that !!!