Pumpkin olan - Mathanga olan - Simple olan recipe

Olan is a very simple, and a traditional recipe of Kerala. 

It is a delicious dish prepared with coconut milk. There are no spices, yet it is very tasty. 

Normally, Black eyed peas (Karamani) is added along with Pumpkin and Ash gourd.  Also, taro root (chembu or sepan kizhangu) with yellow pumpkin is another good combination to make olan.  

Here I have prepared a plain yellow pumpkin olan. 

Ingredients:                                                                       Cooked pumpkin

Pumpkin - 1 cup

(sliced in to cubes)

Coconut milk - 1 cup

Green chilis - 4 or 5

(Let it be tender and the longer variety)

Coconut oil - 2 tsps

Salt to taste

Preparation :

In a vessel, add pumpkin pcs, salt, green chilis (slit and add), and a little water. Keep stirring. Pumpkin cooks so quickly. It should not go watery. Do not mash it. 

The best option is to steam the pumpkin with salt and green chilis.

When the pumpkin is cooked, add coconut milk and 2 tsps of coconut oil and switch off the stove. Don't allow boiling.

Very tasty olan is ready.