Creamy Bottle Gourd Curry or Dudh Lau

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Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: Us

Introduce

Chef :

Kumkum Chatterjee

Creamy Bottle Gourd Curry or Dudh Lau

#GA4 #week21 #bottlegourd Creamy Bottle Gourd or Dudh Lau is a typical Bengali curry.Lauki or lau is a summer vegetable and supposed to have a cooling effect to beat the heat.This curry is very healthy and mildly sweet and pairs very well with rice for afternoon lunch.

Ingredient

Food ration :

3 servings

Cooking time :

20 minutes

1.5 cups

bottle gourd chopped finely

1/4 cup

coconut grated

1 tsp

ginger paste

1 tbsp

sesame seed paste

1/2 cup

milk

1/4 tsp

mustard seed

1/4 tbsp

methi seed

2-3

green chillies slit

To taste

salt and sugar

1 tbsp

mustard oil

1 tsp

ghee

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

Grate coconut and set aside.Grind sesame seed in 1/4 th cup milk for 5 minutes.Peel and chop bottlegourd finely.Heat oil and sprinkle 1 dry red chilli,mustard and methi seeds.When they crackle,add the chopped bottlegourd,salt and sugar to taste.

* Step 2

Toss and cook on low flame till bottle gourd turns soft and releases water.Add ginger paste,grated coconut and sesame seed paste and cook till almost dry.Add 1/4 th cup milk and slit green chillies and toss till dry.Add 1 tsp ghee and toss.

* Step 3

Garnish with grated coconut,fried dry red chilli and slit green chillies.Few fried lentil vadi or dumplings may be added while cooking,but optional.Serve as a side dish with rice in lunch.

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bottle gourd chopped finely Coconut grated ginger paste sesame seed paste milk Mustard seed methi seed green chillies, slit Salt and sugar Mustard oil Ghee

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