Kerala olan with squash and coconut milk
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.
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
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- $0.79
Directions
- Cook the chopped pumpkin, beans, green chili peppers, and salt together.
- Pour in the second-press coconut milk. ≈ 3 min
- Once the pieces are cooked through, add the fresh coconut milk. ≈ 3 min
- Add the coconut oil and curry leaves, then remove from the heat. ≈ 3 min
- Cook the pre-soaked Mambayar beans separately in a pressure cooker.
- Peel and remove the seeds from the cucumber, pumpkin, and squash, then cut them into pieces. ≈ 8 min
- Wash the pieces and cook them with two or three green chili peppers and salt.
- Add the cooked beans and continue to cook, adding only a very small amount of water.
- Once cooked, drizzle with a little coconut oil. ≈ 3 min
- If you prefer a smooth texture, mash the cooked vegetables. ≈ 4 min
- You can add sliced eggplants or green bananas, green papaya, or broken green beans. ≈ 3 min
- You can also prepare the olen using only coconut milk. ≈ 3 min
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