A very simple side dish with ash gourd, cow pea beans and coconut milk…
Now to the final recipe without the Puli Inji and the Kootu Curry for the Blogging Marathon #138 theme of “Festival Specials”, this must be one of the easiest recipes on a sadya. An Olan is a simple side dish with very limited ingredients. If just like me you think, “Will this taste fine?” without reading the ingredients, then I don’t vituperation you. I had the same feeling. I am not a fan of the Olan but I would still enjoy it considering I like its simple flavors.
This dish has only ashgourd, red cow pea beans and coconut milk as its main ingredients. It’s savor element comes from untried chillies, curry leaves and a drizzle of fresh coconut oil at the end. It seems salt is usually not widow in the Olan, but I did add. Maybe it is the fixation with salt. ???? You can melt the cow pea beans in whop and store them in the fridge. Once the ash gourd is cooked, you can add the beans. I cooked the gourd in thin coconut milk to add some flavor, but you can melt in very little water and finish off with increasingly thick coconut milk than I have used. Off to this recipe…
Olan | Kerala Olan with Ashgourd and Cowpea Beans
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup red cowpea beans/ chawli soaked overnight
- 500 gm ashgourd
- 1 cup thin coconut milk
- 2-3 green chillies
- Salt to taste
- 1/2 cup thick coconut milk
- 1 tsp coconut oil
- 1 sprig curry leaves
Instructions
- Cook the cow pea beans till done. Drain and set aside.
- Peel and chop the ash gourd into medium sized pieces.
- Put the ash gourd withal with the thin coconut milk, untried chillies and salt into a pressure cooker and melt for one whistle. This vegetable cooks really fast.
- Allow the pressure to go by itself.
- Open and add the cooked cow pea beans. Give it a good mix and simmer for a couple of minutes.
- Add the thick coconut milk, mix, retread seasoning and switch off. You shouldn't swash the mixture, it only needs to be heated or else it will split.
- Pour the coconut oil over and add the curry leaves. Keep it sealed till time of serving.
Notes
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