Avarakkai curry recipe | South Indian style avarakkai poriyal recipe with step-by-step pictures.
We usually make Avarakkai curry by just cooking it and adding coconut at the end. Being bored of making that, I wanted to make it in a different way. This is a different way of making broad beans poriyal which I learned from a friend. Everyone at home liked it and we had this avarakkai poriyal with rasam rice. Check out my beans curry and carrot peas cabbage poriyal .
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Wash and cut the avarakkai into slightly bigger pieces.
In a pan add 2 tsp oil and add the mustard seeds and urad dal.
Let the mustard seeds splutter and the urad dal turns golden brown.
Now add the chopped avarakkai to this and sprinkle little water.

- Let this cook.
- Grind the coconut, shallot, cumin seeds, and red chili into a coarse paste without adding any water.

- Once the veggies are cooked add salt.

- Mix well.
- Now add the ground coconut mixture.

- Avarrakai poriyal is ready.
- Enjoy this as an accompaniment to any South Indian meal.
- You can serve this with chapati as well.

Notes:
- You can skip the shallots and add 1 clove of garlic to this.
- If you don’t want to use onion/garlic, you can simply grind coconut and jeera and add them to the avarakkai poriyal

Avarakkai poriyal recipe
Ingredients
- 250 gms avarakkai chopped into slightly big pieces
- 2 tsp oil
- ½ tsp mustard seeds
- 1 tsp mustard seeds
- Salt as needed
To grind
- 2 tbsp coconut
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- 4 shallots | small onion
- 2 red chili
Instructions
- Wash and cut the avarakkai into slightly bigger pieces.
- In a pan add 2 tsp oil and add the mustard seeds and urad dal.
- Let the mustard seeds splutter and the urad dal turns golden brown.
- Now add the chopped avarakkai to this and sprinkle little water.
- Let this cook.
- Grind the coconut, shallot, cumin seeds, and red chili into a coarse paste without adding any water.
- Once the veggies are cooked add salt.
- Mix well.
- Now add the ground coconut mixture.
- Mix well and switch off the flame.
- Avarrakai poriyal is ready.
- Enjoy this as an accompaniment to any South Indian meal.
- You can serve this with chapati as well.