Olan(Vegetables in Coconut milk) - Onam Vishu Special




Olan is a traditional curry in Kerala. Different recipes are used in different areas, this is the one followed in Malabar regions.Ingredients


Ingredients
  • 1 cup white Pumpkin - cut into 1 inch squares
  • 1-2 Green Chillies
  • 1/2 cup raw Plantain(Pachakkaya) - Skinned and cut into thin round pieces
  • 3-4 long beans , cut into 1 inch length pieces.
  • 1/2 cup Coconut milk
  • Salt - as required
  • 1/2 tbs coconut oil


Preparation
Cook Pumpkin, plantain and the beans together with salt and enough water to just cover the vegetables.
Cover the pot with a lid so that the water does not evaporate. Cook until the vegetables are soft.It takes about10-12 minutes. Add the green chillies and coconut milk and continue cooking at low flame for few more minutes. Adjust the salt if required. Do not boil at this stage. Pour the coconut oil over the curry,mix well and remove from heat. Serve with rice as a side dish.
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Comments

  1. Love the creaminess of the dish as well as the presentation on the leaf plate:)

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  2. Pretty new to me....awesome presentation!!

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  3. Lovely presentation in that cute leaf like bowl... Happy Onam.. don't know for sure if it is today :)

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  4. Simple and nice curry vrinda:) love to have this with rice....nice presentaion as well....

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  5. I love this curry...my friend used to bring this for me for every Onam...nice picture :)

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  6. Very new to me.. looks very tempting...lovely presentation.. :)

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  7. We make olan with slight difference Vrinda..with vanpayar and kumbalanga..looks like onam is here..thanks for the bell..hugs

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  8. Olan is one of my fav dishes. I love how subtle it taste. Can just sit and drink it out of a bowl like soup :)

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  9. I have never had those before....it looks very interesting and delicious.
    The leaf dish is cute.
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  11. olan is my fav too...we used to make without beans..ur versions looks grt..will try for coming onam celebration!@

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  12. Yummy Olan..The coconut oil will give a nice flavour to this dish..

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  13. looks yum... very nicely presented too...

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  14. I love this with pumpkin! How yummy and how pretty it looks!

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  16. this looks great and so simple love it

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  17. looks like it is somthing close to aviyal ! i'm in to taste this !

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  18. This is new to me....coconut milk must have added nice flavor as well as fragrance

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  19. Vrindaa.....this vessel is just superb.. :) we make in a different way.... :)but this looks superb... :)

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  20. one of my fav. Kerala dish looks great love to have that with rosemattarice and pappadam mmmm yum.

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  21. Sucha a traditional dish Vrinda!!looks really yummy..

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  22. Curry looks lovely! i love that leaf shaped bowl

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  23. Delicious! I love the presentation in a leaf plate!

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  24. Yummy olan and very pretty presentation vrindha!

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  25. appa! nostalgic memories of the onam...

    here attachamayam is to start from Sunday...

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  27. I've never had curried pumpkin or plantains. I bet it was very yummy!

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  28. Thank you vrinda for this recipie on time. I have not tried to make olan , this time i'm going to try it for onam....Thank you for sharing

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  29. superb presentation vrinda....i think its to yummy...

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