Ingredients for Cheera Ila Aviyal (Spinach Aviyal):
1. Drumstick – 2
2. Green mango, medium-sized – 1
3. Coconut – ½, grated
Red chillies – 5
Cumin seeds – ¾ small spoon
4. Red spinach – 600 gm
Turmeric powder – As needed
5. Coconut oil – 2 big spoons
How to prepare Cheera Ila Aviyal (Spinach Aviyal)?
1. Peel off the skin of drumsticks and cut into 2-inch pieces.
2. Remove the skin of the mango and slice it into long pieces.
3. Mix together ingredients no: 3 and make a fine paste.
4. In an earthen pot, add drumsticks, spinach, mango, and turmeric powder and a little water.
5. Cook till vegetables are well-cooked.
6. When water content is fully absorbed, add gravy, salt, and mix well.
7. Pour coconut oil on the top of the avial and turn the flame off.
8. Mix your avial after some time.
Courtesy: Vanitha Magazine July 15-31, 2016
Note: You can also make delicious Spinach – Mango Avial by avoiding the ingredient, drumstick. If you want extra sourness for your Cheera Avial, you can add thick curd towards the end.
Also read a few more leafy vegetable dishes. Here is the page link. Click on the images in the gallery to read.
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