Kerala Olan Recipe with Pumpkin and Black Eyed Beans - Coconut Milk Vegetable Stew

Kerala Olan Recipe with Pumpkin and Black Eyed Beans is a staple and a simple delicious dish from Kerala that is healthy and nutritious. The Olan recipe is made with yellow pumpkin or the white pumpkin also known as the ash gourd. It’s a mild stew that is delicately spiced with green chillies, flavored with curry leaves and coconut milk. It is also a dish that is served during the Onam Sadya meal of the Onam festival. 

Red cow peas or red lobia is used to make the Kerala Olan but you can use the regular lobia/ black eyed beans as well. 

Serve the Kerala Olan Recipe with Pumpkin and Black Eyed Beans along with Steamed Rice, Urulai Kizhangu Roast, Elai Vadam for a wholesome lunch or dinner.

Here are a few more Kerala Recipes

1. Omakka Curry Recipe - Kerala Style Papaya Curry
2. Pumpkin Erissery Recipe (Kerala Style Pumpkin Sabzi with coconut)
3. Kerala Kootu Curry Recipe (Pumpkin with Desi Channa or Black Eyed Beans in Spicy Coconut)