Hello everybody, it’s Jim, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, lau shorshe chingri (bottle gourd cooked with prawns & mustard paste). One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Lau chingri is a popular & loved recipe in Bengal. This recipe is specially for newly weds and beginners. Lau chingri goes well with plain white rice.
Lau Shorshe Chingri (Bottle Gourd cooked with Prawns & Mustard Paste) is one of the most favored of recent trending foods on earth. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions every day. They are nice and they look wonderful. Lau Shorshe Chingri (Bottle Gourd cooked with Prawns & Mustard Paste) is something that I’ve loved my whole life.
To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have lau shorshe chingri (bottle gourd cooked with prawns & mustard paste) using 10 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Lau Shorshe Chingri (Bottle Gourd cooked with Prawns & Mustard Paste):
- Get 1 medium size bottle gourd, chopped
- Get 8-10 large prawns
- Take 2 tbsp. mustard oil
- Take 1 tsp. nigella seeds (kalonji)
- Make ready 2 green chilies, slit
- Get to taste salt
- Take 1/2 tsp. turmeric powder
- Prepare 2 tbsp. mustard paste / kasundi
- Prepare 1-2 tsp. raw mustard oil
- Get 2-3 tbsp. coriander leaves, chopped
Clean and devein the Prawns with the Finally, add fried prawns and give the Lau Cthingri a thorough mix. Cook for a minute or two to get desired consistency. Heat oil in a kadai or frying pan. Add cumin seed to the hot oil.
Steps to make Lau Shorshe Chingri (Bottle Gourd cooked with Prawns & Mustard Paste):
- Marinate the prawns with a pinch of salt and turmeric powder for 5 minutes.
- Heat oil in a pan and temper with nigella seeds. Saute for a few seconds and then add the marinated prawns. Stir fry till they change colour.
- Add the chopped bottle gourd, salt, turmeric powder & green chilies. Cover & cook on a low flame till done. If required, sprinkle some water at intervals.
- When the bottle gourd is cooked and is soft, add the mustard paste, mustard oil and
- Coriander leaves. Mix everything well and simmer for a minute. Let it remain covered for 2-3 minutes.
- Serve with hot steamed rice or chapatis.
How to make Lau Chingri-A Bengali speciality - prawns cooked with bottle gourd. Add prawns and cook till prawns are done and excess moisture evaporates. Add coriander leaves and mix well. Transfer into a serving bowl and serve hot. Wash and put it in a pressure cooker with water, just to cover the bottle gourd.
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