Kerala style Avial made in the Instant Pot…
Avial is a Kerala vegetarian dish made with mixed veggies, cooked along with coconut. For making the dish tangy, either raw mangoes or yogurt or tamarind are added. In this recipe, I’ve added 1 raw mango, towards the end I had to add 1/2 cup yogurt as the mango wasn’t that sour.
Instant Pot Kerala Avial- Instant Pot Kerala Sadya Recipes
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Author: Thasneen
Recipe type: Main
Cuisine: Indian
Serves: 6 People
Ingredients
For Pressure cooking
- Carrot, cut into wedges- 1
- Egg plant, cut into wedges-1/2 of a large eggplant
- Ash gourd or winter melon, cut into wedges- 1 cup
- Raw plantain, cut into thin wedges- ½ of the plantain
- Drumsticks, halved- 8 3 inch cut
- Raw Mango, diced- 1 (medium-sized)
- Green chilies, halved- 2
- Turmeric powder- ½ tsp
- Curry leaves- 1 sprig
- Water- ½ cup
- Salt- 1 tsp
To Grind:
- Coconut grated- 1 cup
- Cumin seeds- 1 tsp
- Small onions- 3 (or ½ of the shallot)
- Curry leaves- 1 sprig
- Water- ½ cup
Other Ingredients
- Yogurt or curd- ½ cup
- Coconut oil- 2 tbsp
Instructions
- For making avial, veggies have to be cut into wedges.
- Into the stainless steel pot, add all the ingredients mentioned 'for pressure cooking'.
- Close the pot with the lid.
- Select pressure cook setting, set time to 5 minutes at high pressure.
- After 5 minutes of cooking, do a quick pressure release.
- Open the lid, combine the veggies.
- Grind the above-mentioned ingredients ‘to grind’ to a coarse mixture.
- Add the ground mixture to the cooked veggies; combine well.
- Add ½ to 1 tsp salt based on your salt level.
- Select saute setting, at normal temperature.
- Cook for 8 minutes, till the gravy thickens.
- If you have added raw mango, give a taste, if the avial has tangy taste; no need to add yogurt.
- The mango I've used wasn't sour, hence I had to add ½ cup yogurt.
- If you don't have raw mango, add 1 cup yogurt towards the end and cook for 2 minutes
- After adding yogurt, combine well, and cook for 2 minutes.
- Remove the pot from the main pot.
- Finally, drizzle coconut oil and keep the pot covered.
- Serve along with rice.
