Olan - Brahmin Special
Red cow peas, ash gourd, pumpkin, coconut milk and other ingredients are cooked together.
Ingredientsfor 4 servings
- 2 cup Red cow peas Vella payaru
- 250 g Ash gourd (Kumbalanga)
- 250 g Pumpkin
- 2 nos Green chillies
- 3 tsp Coconut oil
- 1 piece Jaggery
- 2 tbsp Coconut milk
- Salt, to taste
Preparation
Step 1
For preparing oelan - brahmin special, soak red cow peas in water for about 5 hours before preparation.
Step 2
Wash vella payar and boil it with 4 cups of water in pressure cooker. Cook ash gourd, pumpkin and green chillies for a few minutes and after boiling add salt.
Step 3
Add the cooked vella payaru to pumpkin ash gourd mixture and cook for few minutes. Add jaggery.
Step 4
Add coconut milk. Immediately after adding coconut milk stop cooking. Add coconut oil to the mixture.
Step 5
Oelan - brahmin special recipe, is ready.
Tip
Fresh curry leaves make a genuine difference. Dried curry leaves are a poor substitute — if you cannot get fresh ones, increase the quantity and fry them longer.
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