🥘 Olan (Mild Ash Gourd & Cowpeas Curry)

Ingredients:

• 1 cup ash gourd (kumbalanga), diced
• ½ cup cowpeas (vanpayar), soaked & cooked
• 2–3 green chilies, slit
• ½ cup thick coconut milk
• 1 cup thin coconut milk
• 1 tbsp coconut oil
• Few curry leaves
• Salt to taste

Method:

1. Cook ash gourd with thin coconut milk, green chilies, and salt until soft.
2. Add cooked cowpeas, simmer for a few minutes.
3. Stir in thick coconut milk, switch off heat (do not boil after adding thick coconut milk).
4. Drizzle coconut oil and add curry leaves on top.