Olan [ kerala recipe ]

Ingredients:

• Red pumpkin - 1/4 kg. [cut into rectangular pieces after removing the skin and seeds]
• Colocasia [seppankilangu ] - 3 to 4 [ cut into thin round pieces ]
• Green payaru - 50 gms. [ cut into1/2 inch lenth ]
• Whole green gram - 1 hand full [ soak for 1 hour ]
• Green chillies - 2 [ slit lengthwise ]
• Coconut milk - 2 cups
• Curry leaves - little
• Coconut oil - 2 table sp

Method:
Wash the pumpkin, peel the skin, remove the seeds and cut into rectangular pieces. In the same way wash and remove the skin of colocasia and make thin round pieces. Cut the green payaru into 1/2 inch pieces. Soak the whole green gram [ muzu pacha payaru] for an hour and pressure cook adding enough water and keep aside. Then add 1 cup of coconut milk with 1 cup of water to the vegetables. Add curry leaves, salt, slit green chillies and boil till the vegetables are well cooked. Add the cooked whole green gram, mix well and boil for 5 more mins. Check for salt. In the end add the remaining coconut milk, 2 tablespoon coconut oil, and mix well. Remove from the gas before it starts boiling.Your mouth watering easy dish is ready for serving. This dish can be made without adding coconut milk also [use regular cold milk instead of coconut milk]. Serve as a side dish for rice, sambhar, rasam, morkuzhambu, etc.