Kerala olan with squash and coconut milk

Kerala olan with squash and coconut milk

Main dishes

A mild and light Kerala-style stew: squash, cucumber, and beans simmered in coconut milk, with green chili peppers and a hint of coconut oil.

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Olan is a vegetarian dish from Kerala, often served during festive meals. The vegetables remain light, and the coconut milk adds a creamy texture to the dish.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time25 min
  • Cook time40 min
  • Total1 hr 5 min
  • DifficultyEasy
  • Cooking methodCooking in a saucepan
  • Vegan
  • Vegetarian
  • Gluten-free

Ingredients

4 people
  • $0.79

Directions

  1. Cook the chopped pumpkin, beans, green chili peppers, and salt together.
  2. Pour in the second-press coconut milk. ≈ 3 min
  3. Once the pieces are cooked through, add the fresh coconut milk. ≈ 3 min
  4. Add the coconut oil and curry leaves, then remove from the heat. ≈ 3 min
  5. Cook the pre-soaked Mambayar beans separately in a pressure cooker.
  6. Peel and remove the seeds from the cucumber, pumpkin, and squash, then cut them into pieces. ≈ 8 min
  7. Wash the pieces and cook them with two or three green chili peppers and salt.
  8. Add the cooked beans and continue to cook, adding only a very small amount of water.
  9. Once cooked, drizzle with a little coconut oil. ≈ 3 min
  10. If you prefer a smooth texture, mash the cooked vegetables. ≈ 4 min
  11. You can add sliced eggplants or green bananas, green papaya, or broken green beans. ≈ 3 min
  12. You can also prepare the olen using only coconut milk. ≈ 3 min

Before you start

Ingredients

  • 250 g of pumpkin (kumbalanga), cut into pieces
  • 100 g of cowpeas (also known as black-eyed peas)
  • a few pre-soaked Niébé beans (also known as Mambayar)
  • 4 green chili peppers
  • 1 cucumber, diced
  • 1 piece of pumpkin, cut into chunks
  • ½ coconut, for the first and second extraction of milk
  • One branch of curry leaves
  • coconut oil, to taste
  • salt, to taste

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