Lau Chingri / Bengali Style Bottle Gourd And Prawn Curry

Lau  Chingri  is  a  Traditional  Bengali  Dish . It  is  made with    Bottle gourd , Prawn , Ripe tomato and  other  spices . Bottle  Gourd  and   Prawns  are  Main  Ingredients  in  The  Recipe  . You  can to     serve  as  such   with    Home party  special  dish .

 Lau  chingri  is  a  side  dish . Lau Chingri   is  a without  onion and garlic recipe  . Which  is  a melt - in - mouth    .   It  goes well with  hot  steamed rice . It  is serve  during lunch .

Lau  chingri  is  also  popular  dish  in   Bangladesh's  .  You  can  also    along  to   serve  with dinner . Made  using  spices  are  cumin powder , coriander powder , red chili powder  and turmeric powder . Which  is  tomato based  gravy  ,  delicious  and  tasty  dish  .

Traditional   lau  chingri  is  not   added    of  garammasala  powder  . It  is  a simple  recipe   . You can   serve    with   weekend  or  on  Sunday  special's    Meal . Today i am going to share of lau chingri  recipe .

I  think ,  Lau  Chingri  is  favorite  food  in  Bengali's  of  every  fish  lovers . You  would  be  love  to  Lau  Chingri .

Here  is  the  full Recipe  of Lau Chingri  or Bengali Style bottle gourd  and prawn curry   . How  to Make  Lau  Chingri .

Ingredients :

1. Bottle Gourd - 1
2. Prawn - 300 gm
3. Salt to taste
4.Turmeric powder as required 
5. Sugar - 1/2 tea spoon
6. Finely  chopped   Ripe tomato - 1 cup 
7. Oil As required
 8. Ginger  paste - 1 tea  spoon
9. Cumin  Powder - 1 table spoon
10. Coriander Powder - 1 tea spoon
11. Dry  red  chili powder - 1 tea spoon
12. Kashmiri Dry red chili Powder - 1 tea spoon
13. Kalo Jeera / Nigella  seeds /  Kalonji  Seeds  - 1/2  tea spoon
14. Slit green chili - 2


Methods :

1. Cut  and  remove  the top of bottle gourd  . Peel  the  outer skin  of Bottle Gourd . Cut  into very  finely slices pieces . Keep  aside .

2. The  hard  shells  of  Prawns  are  remove .Wash  and  clean the prawns by of water . Marinate the fish with turmeric powder and salt . Mix it very well . Rub the fish  very well  .   Marinate the fish for about 15 minutes .  Keep a side .

3. Take a wok or pan . Pour the oil into the  wok . Heat the oil . Once oil is hot . Add the fish one by one into hot oil  on  medium flame . Fry till golden color . Remove the fish from hot oil . Put the fish into the bowl . Keep a side .

4. In  Same oil ,  add    Kalo Jeera / Nigella  seeds /  Kalonji  Seeds  - 1/2  tea spoon   and  slit  green chili . While  spices  are splatter . Then add finely chopped bottle gourd , finely  chopped  ripe tomato  and  also  add  sprinkle  salt to taste on top of  finely chopped  bottle gourd . Mix it very well .  Cover the wok . let it cook for 10 minutes on high  heat  .

5. 10 minutes later , open the cover and mix it again . Once  the   bottle  gourd  is  half  soft  and  tender .

6. Now  also  add  1 tea spoon of  turmeric  powder  and  saute till raw smell goes out from turmeric powder .

7. Next add 1 tea spoon of sugar ,  1 tea spoon of ginger paste ,  1 table spoon of cumin powder , 1 table spoon  of coriander powder , 1 tea spoon of dry red chili powder , 1 tea spoon of kashmiri dry chili powder  and  saute for few minutes .

8. Now also add fried prawn fish  over of  bottle gourd   and  mix  it  very well .  Cover the wok again . Let  it  cook for 10 - 15 minutes  on medium flame .

9. After 10 minutes later , Meanwhile  water is evaporated from bottle gourd . Bottle gourd and Prawn are tender . Then switch off the flame .

10. Pour the fish curry into a serving bowl .

11. Serve  hot with  hot  Steam rice .