Avial: Avial is a traditional side dish served as an accompaniment to rice. It is an easy to prepare vegetarian dish
Avial: Avial is a traditional side dish served as an accompaniment to rice. It is an easy to prepare vegetarian dishSamphotography (https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Samphotography&action=edit&redlink=1) — Own work via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AAyiyal.jpg)CC BY-SA 4.0
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Avial

A thick Kerala stew of usually 13 Western Ghats vegetables and coconut, seasoned with coconut oil and curry leaves, and often the star of a traditional Sadhya meal.

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It is a thick stew of usually 13 vegetables commonly found in the Western Ghats and coconut, seasoned with coconut oil and curry leaves. Avial is considered an essential part of the main meal in Kerala, often the star dish in a traditional Kerala Sadhya and is also served as a delicacy in South India. Saying something is an avial is also a common phrase attributing that thing to being a mess.

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