Name: Olan Easy
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Ingredients: 1/2 cup Black eyed beans (Van payaru); 2 cups White gourd (chopped into thin slices of about 3 cm by 3 cm, Elavan); 2 cups Yellow pumpkin (chopped into thin slices of about 3 cm by 3 cm, Mathan); 4 nos Green chillies (slit); 1/2 cup Grated coconut; Curry leaves (A few); 1 tsp Coconut oil; 1 tsp Cornflour; Salt (As reqd)

Olan Easy

Olan Easy

Olan Traditional Kerala dish - Payar, elavan and mathan in coconut milk

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Prep Time 20

Total Time 20

Cuisine Kerala

Servings people

Ingredients

Ingredients for Olan :

1/2 cup Black eyed beans Van payaru
2 cups White gourd chopped into thin slices of about 3 cm by 3 cm, Elavan
2 cups Yellow pumpkin chopped into thin slices of about 3 cm by 3 cm, Mathan
4 nos Green chillies slit
1/2 cup Grated coconut
Curry leaves A few
1 tsp Coconut oil
1 tsp Cornflour
Salt As reqd

Instructions

Preparation Method of Olan : 1)Lightly roast the beans and soak it in water for 8 hrs. Wash & strain well.
Extract 1/2 cup of thick milk and 1/2 cup of thin milk from the grated coconut.
In a pressure pan, add beans, both vegetables, chillies and second coconut milk.
Pressure cook upto 1 whistle.
After opening the lid, add salt and thick milk mixed with cornflour.
Simmer, stirring till the flour is cooked and all the ingredients are well blended.
Add coconut oil and curry leaves.
:- If you prefer the beans to be very soft, pressurise it first separately for 2-3 whistles and add. :- It is safer to add salt at the end to Olan because the volume shrinks after cooking and you can judge better.
:- Olan is ready.

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Response (4)

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nisha April 10, 2008

everything if ok …but cornflour???? if it was under fusion coking then excellent

R

Rekha August 21, 2005

A very good recipe

v

vinutha September 10, 2007

HI,

I tried out Olan and chicken fry recipes given in this website. It is really awesome. Thank you for such a grt recipe.
All the Best

h

hai March 28, 2009

gverry good