Olan (dish)

Olan

Olan (pronounced [oːlan]) is a dish that is part of the Kerala cuisine of the state of Kerala in South India. It is a light and subtle-flavored dish prepared from white gourd, ash-gourd or black-eyed peas, coconut milk and ginger seasoned with coconut oil.^[1]

Olan is usually served as part of a Sadhya.

Recipe

Kerala style

Ingredients

• Black-eyed beans - 1 cup
• White pumpkin - 1 cup
• Pumpkin - 1 cup
• Green chiles - 3-4
• Coconut milk - 1½ cups
• Curry leaves - 5-6
• Oil - 1 tablespoon
• Salt

Preparation

• Soak the beans overnight.
• Pressure cook until 3/4 done.
• Add chopped pumpkin, salt and slit green chiles.
• Cook with a little water.
• When the pumpkin and the beans are completely cooked, pour hot oil tempered with curry leaves into it.
• Add the coconut milk and simmer for 3–4 minutes.

See also

• Cuisine of Kerala

References