Lau aloo chingri / bottle gourd potato & shrimp curry

Name: Lau aloo chingri / bottle gourd potato & shrimp curry
Total time: 900 s
Yield: 4 persons
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 bottle gourd chopped; 2 large potatoes cut into cubed; 200 gms shrimps; 1 bay leaf; 1 teaspoon ginger paste; 1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder; 1 teaspoon cumin powder; 1 teaspoon sugar; to taste Salt; 2 tablespoons mustard oil; 1 teaspoon panch phoron

Uma Pandit @fupi_1975

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LAU ALOO CHINGRI is bottle gourd cooked with Shrimps , a delicacy from Bengal . I love to add potato in this authentic dish and shrimps just takes this simple bottle gourd curry to the next level

Uma Pandit @fupi_1975

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Ingredients

15 minutes

4 persons

1 bottlegourd chopped
2large potatoes cut into cubed
200 gmsshrimps
1bay leaf
1 teaspoonginger paste
1/2 teaspoonturmeric powder
1 teaspooncumin powder
1 teaspoonsugar
to tasteSalt
2 tablespoonsmustard oil
1 teaspoonpanch phoron

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Steps

15 minutes

1

Blanch the potato and bottle gourd in little bit of salt water.
2

Heat oil in a deep bottom pan add panch phoron and crackle for few minutes then add bay leaf and ginger paste.
3

Saute them for few minutes then add shrimps and all spices powder and fry it for few minutes.
4

Then add the boiled potato and bottle gourd and mix it well cover it and simmer till the bottle gourd losses all water and cooked.
5

Serve this delicious dish along with only Steamed Rice for a satisfying weekday meal.