Olan

Ingredients

• • Yellow pumpkins/White pumpkins (chopped into 1½ inch pieces) - 2 cups
• • Black eyed peas - ½ cup
• • Green chillies (slit lengthwise) - 2
• • Coconut (grated, fresh) - 1 cup
• • Curry leaves - a little
• • Coconut oil - 1 tablespoon
• • Salt - as required

Method

• 1. Wash and soak black eyed peas for 1 to 2 hours.
• 2. Pressure cook with enough water and little salt.
• 3. Strain the water/stock and keep aside the cooked black eyed peas.
• 4. Take care the black eyed peas shouldn’t be overcooked to mushy. It should retain its shape.
• 5. Add water to coconut and grind in mixie.
• 6. Strain and squeeze to get first coconut extract.
• 7. Do it twice more to get second and third extract.
• 8. Boil vegetable in third extract till it is cooked well.
• 9. Add green chillies, second extract, salt and cook again for few minutes.
• 10. Add cooked black eyed peas and first thick extract, allow it to come to boil and remove from fire immediately.
• 11. Add curry leaves, raw coconut oil and close with lid.