
Our native place is Tirunelveli , a beautiful place in Tamilnadu. It is located very near to kerala. So we have imbibed many cuisines of kerala, one of them being olan made with pumpkin.
Olan can be a wonderful side dish with rice and sambar.This is how I make olan.

Prep Time | 15 minutes |
Servings |
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Ingredients
- 250 gms Pumpkin
- 1 cup black eyed bean Chowli or
- 3/4 no chillies Slit - .
- 200 ml Coconut milk
- 2 tsp Coconut oil
- Curry leaves
- Coconut (grated) for garnishing
- Cilantro (for garnishing)
Ingredients
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Instructions
- Soak the black eyed beans for sometime and pressure cook them.
- Add chopped pumpkin,slit chillies, salt in a pan and cook them with little water.
- Now add the cooked beans and curry leaves and allow all the ingredients to mix and cook well.
- Then add the coconut milk and simmer for 2 to 3 minutes. Add little coconut oil for the flavour.
- Garnish with coconut and cilantro.
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gravy looks so yummy.. i love to cook up with black-eye beans
How delcious! I love Kerala dishes, simple and d delicious!:))
Olan typical kerala dish. It looks yummy.Tirunelveli reminds the famous “halwa” .
delicious and yummy …i love to try kerala recipes…thanks for sharing
never tried olan Sowmya looks yummyyyy
@lavanya- Thanks, do try olan with this beans.tastes good.
@asha- Thanks for stopping by and your sweet comments
@cham- Yes cham,I love the hot and fresh halwa too which i have had very rarely when we used to visit during our school vacations.
@ Dhivya and sagari- Thanks.do try olan..tell me how it comes out..
Looks great…yet to start cooking kerala cuisine,
a staple at home though i havent tried it myself!!
@easy crafts- Thanks, maybe you could start up with olan:D
@nags – Thanks for visiting my blog..do keep coming…
wow, the olan looks lovely! Never heard of it. but going to try it. thanks for introducing such a yummy recipe.
Looks good….however in Kerala, we don’t garnish it with grated coconut or cilantro.
Very nice kerala recipe. I never tried it. Thanks for sharing.
Delicious!! Thanks for sharing