Olan

Olan doesn't need much spices except for green chillies. You don't need all the vegetables I used, instead you could just use one. Increase the amount of the vegetable to make up for the volume.

Ingredients

Van payar ( red chori) - 1/4 cup
achinga payar (yard long beans)- 10
ash gourd or winter melon ( kumbalanga) - 200 gm
pumpkin - 100 gm
green chillies - 6
thick coconut milk - 1/2 cup
thin coconut milk - 1/4 cup
curry leaves - 2 sprig
coconut oil- 1 Tbs
salt to taste

How I made it

Soak the red chori overnight or for 6-8 hours, and pressure cook high with very little water for 1 whistle and then turn down the heat and cook for 5 minutes, then turn off the stove. It should be cooked well but should hold its shape.

Cut the yard long beans into 1 '' long pieces. Cut the pumpkin and ash gourd or winter melon into thin 1 '' long pieces.

cook the vegetables with thin coconut milk and green chillies on low flame. Add salt and the cooked red chori and boil. Add thick coconut milk and turn off the stove. Now add the curry leaves and coconut oil. Olan is ready.