Olan

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This is a specialty among keralites and mostly made during onam celebrations. It's a very simple dish made out of just 6 ingredients and lite on your palate. People generally combine it with rice, but it also goes well with idiappam and appams. 

This is one of my favorite Kerala dishes because of how simple and light it is. It's made with ash gourd, pumpkin, cow peas and coconut milk. A subtly spiced curry, perfect for anyone who isn't a big fan of very spicy food. Definitely try this dish 😋😋.

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INGREDIENTS below this line

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SERVES: 4
PREP TIME: 15 min

COOK TIME: 20 min

• ¼ cup soaked cow pea
• ½  cup pumpkin (diced)
• ½  cup ash gourd
• 1 teaspoon coconut oil
• 2 springs curry leaves
• 4 green chilies
• 1 tsp salt
• ½  cup coconut  milk
• 1 cup thin coconut milk

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1. Make Olan: Pressure cook the cow peas for 2-3 whistles. Set it aside. Now, add some coconut oil in a kadai, add the curry leaves and slit green chill. Let the green chilies cook for few seconds. Now, add the diced ash gourd, pumpkin, thinned coconut milk and salt and cook for 10 mins. Add the cooked cow peas and the thick coconut milk. Simmer this for 1-2 mins. Drizzle some coconut oil and garnish with some curry leaves. Enjoy with hot rice or appams.

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