Chapter Notes - Wonderful waste Notes | Study English Marigold Class 5 - Class 5

Once, the Maharaja of Travancore ordered a grand dinner in his palace. In the afternoon before the dinner, the Maharaja entered the kitchen to survey the dishes that had been prepared for the feast. He saw vegetable scraps lying in a basket and asked the cook not to throw it away but utilize them. The cook thought about it and came up with an idea.

• He took the vegetable bits, washed them and cleaned them well.
• Then he cut them into long strips.
• He put them in a huge pot and placed it on the fire to cook.
• Next, he grounded some fresh coconut, green chillies and garlic together.
• He added this paste and some salt to the cooking vegetables. Then he whipped some curd and added it to the curry.
• He also poured a few spoonfuls of coconut oil and decorated the dish with curry leaves.

The cook served this new dish to the guests that evening.
It smelled very good. Everyone was eager to know the name of the new dish. The cook named it avial (uh-vi-ul).

Avial became famous all over Kerala and is now one of the dishes in a traditional Kerala feast.