Lauki or Bottle gourd is a vegetable which is bottle in shape.It is light green in colour.The inside part is soft.It is a very popular vegetable as it is very healthy.So many recipes comes in mind.Mom used to make Lau Chingri which is a famous dish in Bengali.This can be made without Prawns and becomes a pure veg recipe.Prawns enhances the taste more.This can be eaten with roti,rice, paratha.I have used tiger prawn but you can also use small prawns.I have used half of the lauki and the other half used in making dal.
Ingredients used are few
- Tiger Prawns-8 to 10 pieces.Washed and cleaned
- Lauki or bottle gourd-washed and grated half of it
- Tomato chopped-1 small
- Coriander chopped-1oil or white oil-2/4th bunch
- 5 slit green chillies
- Mustardbayleaf-1
- grated ginger-1 tpsalt and sugar to taste
- turmeric powder-1/2 tp
- s tablespoon
- Cumin seeds-1/2 tp
- Methi seeds-few
Need a kadai to cook this
Method
1) Grate the lauki or bottle gourd with a grater.
2)Heat oil in a pan and fry the prawns with little salt and take it out.
Then add methi seeds,bayleaf,cumin seeds to temper.
3)Once tempered add the chopped tomato,slit green chillies and grated ginger.Stir it for few seconds and add the the grated lauki or bottle gourd.
4)Stir the lauki for few min and then add salt and sugar to taste,turmeric powder and keep stirring.It will leave water.Now cover and cook in medium flame till the water evaporates and it is dry.
5) Now add the prawns and stir for couple of min and garnish with coriander leaves.
Note-If you omit prawns it becomes veg and you can add little ghee with the oil to enhance the taste.
Recipe by Dimple Chakraborty
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