Onam Recipe 6

OLAN

Ingredients :

Pumpkin – Raw         ½  kg.

Black eyed beans      50 gr.

Chilli                       8 Nos.

Coconut Milk            from ½ of a coconut

Coconut Oil              2 table spoon

Curry Leaves            As required

Salt                        As required

Method :

-         Soak black eye beans, for 4-5 hours

-         Cook well in a pressure cooker, for up to 10 whistles.

-         Clean & cut the pumpkin into square pieces.

-         Slit the chillies lengthwise.

-         Cook pumpkin and chillies along with salt for 5 minutes.

-         Grate, add ½ a cup of warm water, extract the milk from coconut.

-         Add the cooked beans to the pumpkin and chilli.

-         Add coconut milk.  Don’t allow to boil.  Just heat.

-         Remove from fire.

-         Add coconut oil and curry leaves.

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