Lauki with Prawns / Lau Chingri

Name: Lauki with Prawns / Lau Chingri
Total time: 1200 s
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 150 gms prawns; 1/2 medium Lauki (Bottle Gourd); 1/2 tsp turmeric powder; 1/2 tsp red chilli powder; 1/2 tsp cumin powder; 2 tbsp mustard oil; 1/2 tsp cumin, fennel and fenugreek seeds; 1 bay leaf; 2 tsp sugar; 1/2 tsp salt; 1 tbsp coriander chopped finely

Kumkum Chatterjee @cook_12055532

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Bottle Gourd ( Lauki)cooked with Prawns ( chingri)is a popular and traditional Bengali dish.Cooked without onion or garlic, this is a healthy dish when you want a meal to be light after a heavy and spicy dinner.So some prawns are used to cook a most delicious and light curry with lauki.This recipe is slow cooked ,has minimal spices and can be eaten as a side with rice, dal and jhuri aloo bhaja (grated golden fried crunchy potatoes) in lunch or dinner.

Kumkum Chatterjee @cook_12055532

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Ingredients

20 minutes

3 servings

150 gmsprawns
1/2medium Lauki (Bottle Gourd)
1/2 tspturmeric powder
1/2 tspred chilli powder
1/2 tspcumin powder
2 tbspmustard oil
Tempering:
1/2 tspcumin, fennel and fenugreek seeds
1bay leaf
2 tspsugar
1/2 tspsalt
1 tbspcoriander chopped finely

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Steps

20 minutes

1

Peel and chop lauki into 1/2 inch sticks.Wash and drain water.
2

Smear pinch of salt and turmeric to some prawns.Heat 2 tsp oil in a pan and lightly fry them.Set aside.Add 1 tbsp more oil and heat it.Sprinkle tempering.When they splutter, add bottle gourd (lauki).Add turmeric,red chilli powder and cumin powder.Also add bay leaf,salt and sugar to taste.Cook under low to medium flame.Add the lightly tossed prawns.
3

By now bottle gourd will start releasing water.If needed add 1/4 th cup water.Cook till lauki and prawns are cooked and it turns into a dry mishmash curry.Sprinkle chopped coriander and toss to mix well.Serve a delicious traditional Bengali delicacy, Lauki curry with prawns (Lau Chingri) as a side dish with rice, dal and jhuri aloo bhaja (grated golden fried crunchy potatoes) in lunch or dinner.