Sadya
Olan
Ash gourd and cowpeas in thin coconut milk — a quiet, pale dish of the sadya.
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Olan is a gently seasoned stew of ash gourd (and often red cowpeas) simmered in thin coconut milk with green chilli and curry leaves. It is one of the milder, essential courses on a banana-leaf sadya.
Course
Feast
Region
Statewide
Typically with
Sadya rice
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