Olan

Olan

Prep Time
20 mins

Cooking Time
10 mins

Total Time
30 mins

Course
Main

Servings
4 People

Ingredients

• 250 grams Ash gourd/Elavan
• 250 grams Yellow Pumpkin/Mathan
• 2 Green Chilli
• 10 Nos. Long Bean/Payar
• 1/4 cup Cow Pea/Perum Payar
• 1 Cup Coconut Milk
• 2 tbsp Coconut Oil
• A few curry leaves
• Salt as required

Cooking Instructions

	Soak for an hour and pressure cook cow pea/perum payar for two to three whistles.W 1.Wash, peel and chop ash gourd and yellow pumpkin into thin pieces. If you wish you can add long beans like I have used, cut it into 1 inch long peces.
2	In kalchatti/stoneware/clay pot pour hot water add all the vegetables, salt and green chilli, cook till soft, add coconut milk, it should be just heated. Off the stove add the cooked cow pea beans,  and two tablespoons of coconut oil, slit curry leaves and add them to the prepared olan. Adjust salt. You can serve this as a side dish with sambar.

Notes/Tips

I have made Olan without perum payar as I had a handful of fresh payar from my garden.

But the taste will be even better when we add soaked and cooked perum payar/cow pea.

Some times I cook Olan only with Ash Gourd and add jackfruit seeds.