Olan is a delicious curry made with white pumpkin (ash gourd), cowpeas (red lobia or chawli) and coconut milk. Olan recipe comes from the Kerala cuisine.
Olan is a classic Kerala dish, is a light curry prepared by simmering ash gourd, cow peas with coconut milk. Onam Sadya could be incomplete without Olan. Olan is a simple home style stew with coconut milk as the main flavor along with ash gourd and cow peas.
Olan is a simple and easy dish that is more a stew than a curry. It is made with Pumpkin, Ash Gourd, Cowpeas and Coconut milk. In Kerala traditionally only Ash Gourd is used to make this dish. In our family my mother always used both Pumpkin and Ash Gourd, and that’s how I have always eaten it.
Relish the delicious Olan with Sambar or Mor Curry and enjoy this delicious Olan!
Olan (pronounced [oːlan]) is a dish that is part of the Kerala cuisine of the state of Kerala in South India. [1] It is a light and subtle-flavored dish prepared from white gourd or ash-gourd, and black-eyed peas, coconut milk and ginger seasoned with coconut oil. [2]
Olan primarily consists of ash gourd (known as winter melon or white pumpkin), black-eyed peas or cowpeas (red gram), thick coconut milk, and just a few simple seasonings. These core Olan ingredients come together to create a gentle combination of flavors, resulting in a sublime and soothing dish.
Olan is a dish brought to you from the state of Kerala in South India. It is a light and subtle-flavored dish prepared from white gourd or ash-gourd, black-eyed peas and coconut milk and seasoned with coconut oil.