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Thursday, 20 September 2007

Olan

Olan (IPA: [oːlan]) is a dish that is part of the Kerala cuisine of South India. It is prepared from pumpkin, coconut milk and ginger seasoned with coconut oil.
Olan is usually served as part of a
Sadhya. (Wiki)

Black eyed beans - 1/2 cup
White gourd - 2 cups (chopped into thin slices of about 3 cm by 3 cm)
Yellow pumpkin - 2 cups (chopped into thin slices of about 3 cm by 3 cm)
Green chillies(slit) - 4 nos Grated coconut - 1.5 cup Coconut oil - 1 tsp Salt - As reqd

Soak the beans in water overnight. Extract 1/2 cup of thick milk and 1/2 cup of thin milk from the grated coconut. Cook both the vegetables, beans and chillies in the thin coconut milk. Once the vegetables are properly cooked, add the thick milk and salt. Cook in low flame while stirring until it is blended well. Remove from the stove and add some coconut oil.

Special thanks to Ranjith V and his mum!

1 comment:

Ramki said...

Hi,
Am blogging your Olan as a model recipe in the 1001 Kerala curries cookbook at http://ramkicooks.blogspot.com/

/Thanks for the recipe