OLAN

Olan is a simple and easy recipe to make with ash gourd and red pumpkin.    It can be made with or without  Karamani, (van payaru, cow pea, lal chowli).    Some people add the fresh chowli (pacha payar, )Normally it is made as a side dish without any masalas,  but I love to eat the same with Chapati and plain white rice along with some pickle. (specially vadu mangai, tender mango pickle). Normally it is a part of the varieties made  for Sadya (feast) for festival like onam and for the marriages too.

It tastes good with some coconut milk in it and drizzling some coconut oil, yummy it is.  whichever way you make, it is a lovely side dish.

I am presenting here the way I made it simply because consumption of coconut and coconut products are  restricted to us but I have mentioned below the recipe with coconut milk too. Pictures of two varieties  made are given here.

Let us look at the recipe now:



OLAN

Ingredients:

1/4 kg ash gourd
1/4 kg red pumpkin (i did not get the red pumpkin, hence used the yellow ones)
2 green chilli
salt
1 tsp coconut oil

Method:

1.  remove the skin of the ash gourd and pumpkin and slice it as show in the picture.

 
2.  Cook them with green chilli and salt in sufficient water.
3.  the water level should be above the vegetables.
4.  Once it is cooked, add the coconut oil and mix well.
5.  serve hot with sambar rice, chapati or plain rice.

METHOD (2)

after cooking the vegetables, add 1/4 cup thick coconut milk and mix well.

METHOD (3)

cook 1/4 cup cow pea ( karamani, chuvanna payar, lal chowli) and add it with the  olan.

How to serve:

serve as side dish for chapati, phulka and rice.

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