Name: Lau Chingri recipe by Sunanda Jash at BetterButter
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 70 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: Small size chopped gourd; 200 gm prawn; Cumin seeds 1/2 tsp; 1 Chopped onion; 2 Green chillies; 2 tsp turmeric powder; 2 tsp cumin powder; 2 tsp corriander powder; 1 tsp red chilly powder; Salt to taste; Sugar 3 tsp; Ginger paste 2 tsp; 1 cup soybean oil; 1 cup water

ABOUT Lau Chingri RECIPE

The famous typical bengali delicious dish, with combo of prawn and gourd.

Ingredients Serving: 4

Small size chopped gourd
200 gm prawn
Cumin seeds 1/2 tsp
1 Chopped onion
2 Green chillies
2 tsp turmeric powder
2 tsp cumin powder
2 tsp corriander powder
1 tsp red chilly powder
Salt to taste
Sugar 3 tsp
Ginger paste 2 tsp
1 cup soybean oil
1 cup water

Instructions

Wash the small prawn, Sprinkle 1 tsp salt and 1 tsp turmeric powder,kept aside for 10 mins.
In a pressure cooker we have to boil the sliced gourds.
Heat soyabean oil in a pan.Fry the prawn until brown.
Keep cumin seeds to splutter to the same oil,add chopped onion, Sprinkle 1 pinch of salt and 1 tsp sugar,fry until it turns into brown.
Next add 2 green chillies,2 tsp cumin powder, 2 tsp ginger paste,2 tsp corriander powder,1 tsp red chilly powder, 2 tsp sugar, salt to taste. Also add water.
Then add boiled gourd and mix well with the masala.
Now add fried small prawn and mix well,Pour 1/2 cup of water on it. Cover the lid,and boil in low flame for 10 mins.
It is ready for serve with steamed rice.

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