Name: Lau Chingri(Bottlegourd cooked with shrimp) recipe by Moumita Malla at BetterButter
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 2
Ingredients: Lau/lauki/white/bottle gourd - 1(washed and chopped into thin slices); Prawn(small/medium) -15 to 20 pieces; Tomato -1(small-chopped); Green chilli - 1(slitted); Pachphoron -1teaspoon; Turmeric powder -1/2 tsp.; Red chili powder -1 teaspoon.; Cumin powder : 1teaspoon.; Salt to taste; Sugar : a pinch; Oil : 2 tablespoons (preferably mustard oil); Water-1/2 cup

ABOUT Lau Chingri(Bottlegourd cooked with shrimp) RECIPE

Lau Chingri is a popular dish in West Bengal and Bangladesh.In Bengali 'Lau' means Bottlegourd( in English ) or Lauki (in Hindi). 'Chingri ' means shrimp or prawns.Here tender Bottlegourd is cooked with small prawns or shrimp.This dish is very tasty and served with hot steamed rice.Here 'Pachphoron' was used as tadka or tempering.Pachphoron is a very important spice in every Bengali kitchen. It is a mix of five whole spices in equal quantities - mustard seeds, fenugreek seeds, fennel seeds, cumin seeds and nigella or onion seeds.

Ingredients Serving: 2

Lau/lauki/white/bottle gourd - 1(washed and chopped into thin slices)
Prawn(small/medium) -15 to 20 pieces
Tomato -1(small-chopped)
Green chilli - 1(slitted)
Pachphoron -1teaspoon
Turmeric powder -1/2 tsp.
Red chili powder -1 teaspoon.
Cumin powder : 1teaspoon.
Salt to taste
Sugar : a pinch
Oil : 2 tablespoons (preferably mustard oil)
Water-1/2 cup

Instructions

Clean and wash the shrimps and marinate them with a pinch of salt and turmeric powder. Keep them aside for 10 minutes
Heat oil in a pan, shallow fry the shrimps lightly on both sides in medium flame. Keep them aside.
Temper the oil with 1 teaspoon Pachphoron . Let them splutter.
Add finely chopped bottlegourd ,saute for few minutes on medium flame. While cooking bottlegourd release some water.
Add chopped tomatoes and cook until tomatoes are mashed.
Then add all powdered spices and mix to stir.
Add salt and sugar. Continuous stirring.
Add 1/2 cup water,bring it to boil,when the water will start boiling simmer the gas.Cover with lid. Open the lid and check time to time and give it a stir. When water almost dries up and bottle gourds are well-cooked add fried shrimps and mix.
Cook until all water are evaporated.Switch off the flame. Lau Chingri is ready to serve with hot steamed rice.

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