Avial-Mixed Veggies Kerala Style

Ingredients:

• 1 cup yam peeled and diced
• 1 cup opo or ash gourd peeled and diced
• 1 raw bananas peeled and diced or 2 cup cauliflower
• 2 Drumsticks - may be substituted with beans cut in 3 inch lengths
• 2 potato peeled and diced
• 1/2 cup Shelled peas
• 1 cup yogurt whisked smooth
• Curry leaves Few
• 1/4 cup Coconut oil
• 1 tbsp. mustard seeds
• 1 tsp. hing or asafetida
• SaltTo taste

PASTE : - grind the following 

• 1/4 cup of water
• Shredded coconut 1/4 cup or add 4 tbsp of coconut milk dries
• 2 Green chillies.
• 1 tsp. Cummin seeds

Method:

• Mix the curd to the ground paste and keep aside.
• Steam all the vegetables with very little water till soft.
• Mix all the cooked vegetables together with salt.
• Add the paste and heat through on low, taking care to prevent the yogurt from curdling.
• Heat coconut oil. Add mustard seeds till they splutter, then add asafetida and curry leaves and mix well.  Pour over the dish and fold in.
• Serve hot with rice.