TODAY'S FOOD STORY :

TODAY'S FOOD STORY :
The story of avial and Bhima !!!
Avial is a famous traditional kerala cruisine. It is supposed to have been invented by Bhima (one of the Pandava brothers) during their exile. According to the legend, when Ballav (Bhima's name during this time) assumed his duties as the cook in the kitchen of Virata, he did not know how to cook. One of the first things he did was to chop up many different vegetables, boil them together and top the dish with grated coconut. There are mythological variations. Bheema is said to have prepared Avial, when there were unexpected guests for King Virata and he needed to serve meals for them. There was no sufficient vegetables to cook any single recipe for side dish, so Bheema used what ever available vegetables to make a new dish, which came to know as Avial.

Thursday 22 May 2014

VEGETABLE CUTLET

Ingredients :

Potato - 250 gm
Carrot - 250 gm
Beans - 50 gm
Beetroot - 1 small 
Onion sliced - Thin sliced
green chilly - 4 or 5
Curry leaves
Garam masala - 1/4 teaspoon
Egg - 2
Bread crumbs - 1 cup
Salt - as needed
Oil - as needed

Method of Preparation:

  1. Boil and mash potatoes.
  2. Cut all vegetable into very small pieces.
  3. Heat oil in a pan. Saute onion, green chilly, curry leaves and vegetables.
  4. Add potatoes mashed, garam masala and salt.
  5. Turn off the stove and let it cool
  6. Mix it well and make it into small oval shapes.
  7. Take one ball, dip it in the egg beat and then dip in bread crumbs and then deep fry in oil
  8. Do the same with rest of the mixture.
(You can use all purpose flour/maida or cornflour mixed with water isnto a thick paste instead of eggs )
Serve hot with tomato ketch-up.

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