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Indian Cooking Recipe : How to Make Olan

Ingredients for the Recipe

• ½ kg ash gourd
• 1 cup cow peas
• 2 tsp jeera
• 12 green chillies
• 2 cups coconut gratings
• ½ tsp mustard seeds
• 2 sprigs curry leaves
• 4 tsp oil
• 1-2 onions
• A little asafoetida
• Salt to taste

Recipe (How to Make):

1. Chop the ashguard into medium sized pieces.
2. Pressure cook ash gourd with cow peas in sufficient water, upto the sound of one whistle.
3. Remove.
4. Put salt, green chillies and chopped onion. Allow it to boil for 5 minutes.
5. Extract 2 cups of thick juice by grinding coconut gratings.
6. Combine with the above and allow to boil for 5 minutes.
7. Take out from flame.
8. Season with mustard, jeera and curry leaves in oil.
9. Put a few drops of asafoetida water and cover vessel.