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.
Ingredients:
- Maida - 1 1/2 cup
- Whisked egg - 2
- salt - a pinch
Ingredients for filling:
- coconut - 1 cup grated
- sugar - 3 tablepoon
Method of Preparation :
- Make a batter of Maida, whisked egg and salt. (Keep the dosa consistency).
- Make dosas using the batter.
- Place the fillings and roll it.
- Enjoy the taste.
Ingredients :
- Raw rice (pachari/ kacha chaaval) - 1 cup
- Grated coconut - 1/2 cup
- Sugar - 1 Teaspoon
- Rice flour - 2 spoon
- Salt - as needed
- yeast - 1/4 teapoon
Method of Preparation :
- Soak raw rice for atleast 6 - 8 hours.
- Mix 2 spoon rice flour in some water and cook until you get a thick paste.
- Grind all the ingredients (Raw rice, grated coconut, sugar, salt, yeast and thick paste) in a mixer grinder until you get a smooth batter. Please take care of the consistency. It should not be neither too thick nor too watery.
- Transfer all the contents to a large bowl.
- Keep the batter aside for fermentation, it make take 8 - 10 hours as per the room temperature.
- Grease a round steamer plate.
- Pour the batter into the plate and steam it for 10-15 minutes.
- Turn off the stove and allow cool it well and then transfer it to a plate.
