Lau Chingri

Name: Lau Chingri
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: 3 people
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 medium bottle gourd or lau; 10-12 shrimps; 1/2 tsp cumin seeds; 1/2 tsp turmeric powder; 1/2 tsp coriander powder; 1 red dry chilli; 2 bay leaves; 1/2 tsp ginger paste; 1/2 tsp salt; 1/4 tsp sugar; 2 tbsp mustard oil; 1/2 tsp ghee

ayndrila dutta @titlis_homekitchen

Kolkata, West Bengal, India

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Lau Chingri (Bottle Gourd cooked with Prawns) is a traditional Bengali delicacy cooked with no onion and no garlic. This is a mushy vegetable dish cooked with a little bit of ginger, ghee and sugar.

ayndrila dutta @titlis_homekitchen

Kolkata, West Bengal, India

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Ingredients

30 minutes

3 people

1medium bottle gourd or lau
10-12shrimps
1/2 tspcumin seeds
1/2 tspturmeric powder
1/2 tspcoriander powder
1red dry chilli
2bay leaves
1/2 tspginger paste
1/2 tspsalt
1/4 tspsugar
2 tbspmustard oil
1/2 tspghee

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Steps

30 minutes

1

Fry marinated prawns with salt and turmeric powder in mustard oil and set aside. Cut the lau into cubes and wash and keep aside.
2

In the same Kadai add 1 tbsp more mustard oil. Add cumin seeds, bay leaf, dry red chili, ginger paste, and sauté. Add the lau cubes, salt, sugar, turmeric powder and cook under low flame with a lid covered. Water is not added as lau releases water. Add the fried prawns and cook till the mixture becomes mushy.
3

Finally, add ghee and serve with rice.

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ayndrila dutta @titlis_homekitchen

on August 07, 2021 09:27

Kolkata, West Bengal, India

A research chemist by profession and love simplicity. My passion for cooking and art makes me explore new things and I love pursuing them. Being a chemist, it provokes me to do experiments in my kitchen too.Follow my insta handle @titlis_homekitchen