Ingredients
- Ash Gourd – 1 ½ cup (diced)
- Olan Beans – 1 cup (cooked)
- Green chillies – 2 (small slices)
- Thin Maggi coconut milk – ¾ cup
- Thick Maggi coconut milk – ½ cup
- Curry leaves – 1 sprig
- Coconut oil – 1 tsp
Instructions
Pressure cook ½ cup olan beans with enough water. After the first whistle, simmer and cook the beans for another 2-3 minutes in low flame. Wait until all steam has escaped. Once the pressure settles, open the lid. Drain the water from the beans and soak the cooked beans in warm water for a while. This is to keep the olan stew curry colour white. Otherwise, the brown colour from the cow peas will make the stew brownish. Again, strain the beans and keep aside. Olan beans should not be over cooked, it should hold its shape.
In a pan, add ash gourd, little water and salt and cook in low flame till ash gourd becomes tender. Check and make sure that ash gourd is not over cooked or mashed.
Add thin coconut milk, cooked beans and green chillies and mix well and cook for 3-4 minutes. Add thick coconut milk and cook for another 2-3 minutes and remove from fire.
Season with coconut oil and curry leaves. The curry tends to thicken as it rests.
Mix well and let it stand for 30 minutes before serving. The curry has a thick consistency.