Olan for Vishu Sadya

Ingredients for Olan for Vishu Sadya:

1. Red beans (Vanpayar) – ½ cup, soaked
2. Long beans cut into ¾ inch pieces – ½ cup
   White gourd chopped into ¾ inch square pieces, after removing seeds and skin – ¾ cup
   Pumpkin cut into ¾ inch square pieces, after removing seeds and skin – ¾ cup
   Green chillies – 2, chopped
   Curry leaves – 1 stalk
3. Coconut milk, second extract – ¾ cup
4. Coconut milk, first extract – ½ cup
5. Coconut oil – 2 big spoons
6. Salt – As required

How to prepare Olan for Vishu Sadya?

1. Add salt to the red beans and cook them well.
2. Cook ingredients no: 2 in the second extract of coconut oil.
3.  Add cooked red beans to it and reduce the flame. Close the container with a lid.
4. Add ingredients no: 4, 5, and 6 to it one by one, mix well, and take it off the flame.

Courtesy: Vanitha Magazine, April 1-14, 2018

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