Olan - A kerala cuisine.

Our native place is Tirunelveli , a beautiful place in Tamilnadu. It is located very near to kerala. So we have imbibed many cuisines of kerala, one of them being olan made with pumpkin.

Olan can be a wonderful side dish with rice and sambar.This is how I make olan.

Ingredients -

Pumpkin -250gms

Chowli or black eyed bean - 1 cup

Slit chillies - 3/4no.

Coconut milk - 200ml

Coconut oil - 2tsp

Curry leaves

Coconut (grated) for garnishing

Cilantro (for garnishing)

Method -

Soak the black eyed beans for sometime and pressure cook them.

Add chopped pumpkin,slit chillies, salt in a pan and cook them with little water.

Now add the cooked beans and curry leaves and allow all the ingredients to mix and cook well.
Then add the coconut milk and simmer for 2 to 3 minutes. Add little coconut oil for the flavour.

Garnish with coconut and cilantro.