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Avial buddha bowl
Avial buddha bowl, from above
VegKerala x USA

Avial buddha bowl

Sadya's star vegetable dish over brown rice with sprouts and pappadam crunch. Onam in a bowl.

55 minTime
11 gProtein each
mildSpice
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Make it your way

Grandma's wayThe original. Handle with reverence.
The original
493kcalsame
11 gproteinsame
10 gfibresame
55minutessame

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

4 servings
Brown rice1 cup
Water500 ml for the rice, 100 ml for the avial
Raw banana (green plantain)1 small
Elephant foot yama small piece
Drumstick (moringa pods)2
Carrot1
Green beans8
Snake gourda piece
Turmeric (ground turmeric)¼ tsp
Saltto taste
Fresh grated coconut1 cup
Green chilli2
Cumin seeds½ tsp
Shallots3
Curd (plain yogurt, natural yoghurt)½ cup, slightly sour
Coconut oil2 tbsp, divided
Curry leaves2 sprigs
Moong sprouts (mung bean sprouts)1½ cups
Cucumber1, diced
Lemon juice1 tbsp
Urad papad3 pappadam

Method

6 steps
  1. 1Rinse the brown rice and pressure cook with 500 ml water for 3 whistles. Let the pressure release naturally.
  2. 2Cut the vegetables into 5 cm batons. Cook with turmeric, salt and 100 ml water, covered, 10 to 12 minutes.
  3. 3Grind the coconut, chillies, cumin and shallots coarsely with a splash of water.
  4. 4Add the paste to the vegetables and cook 3 minutes. Off the heat stir in the curd, 1 tbsp coconut oil and curry leaves. Cover 5 minutes.
  5. 5Toss the sprouts with cucumber, lemon and salt. Roast the pappadams over a flame or in a microwave and crush roughly.
  6. 6Divide the rice into bowls. Add avial, sprout salad and pappadam shards, and drizzle the remaining coconut oil.
Serve it like this

Arrange rice, avial and salad in three sections of a wide bowl, stand pappadam shards upright and finish with fresh curry leaves.

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Bread or rice Curry leaf and green chilli focaccia210 min
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On the side Aloo pitika potato salad30 min
On the side Mango caprese with kasundi15 min
A little snack Aloo papad70 min
To drink Mango matcha lassi10 min
Something sweet Payesh70 min
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