Hey everyone, it is Brad, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, lau ghonto (bottle gourd stir fry). It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Lau'er ghonto, the close cousin of Lau Chingri, is a dry, hot-and-spicy curry that is prepared by steaming the bottle gourd in its own juices. Here is the recipe of Lou Ghonto/Bottle Gourd. This is a traditional bengali recipe which is purely veg.
Lau ghonto (bottle gourd stir fry) is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. Lau ghonto (bottle gourd stir fry) is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.
To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook lau ghonto (bottle gourd stir fry) using 6 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Lau ghonto (bottle gourd stir fry):
- Make ready 1/2 Bottle gourd sliced
- Get 1 cup desiccated coconut
- Prepare 3 slit green chillies
- Make ready 1 tsp celery seed
- Make ready 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
- Prepare 1 bunch coriander leaves chopped
Lau ghonto is a quintessential traditional Bengali vegetarian dish. It has no garlic, ginger or onion, and contains very special bengali ingredients like. Lau Ghonto is a Bengali authentic traditional dish. It is very easy,tasty and healthy dish.
Instructions to make Lau ghonto (bottle gourd stir fry):
- Heat oil and temper celery seeds and green chillies
- Add gourd slices and saute well
- Add salt and turmeric powder and cover till it is soft
- Add coconut and sugar and mix well
- Finally add coriander leaves and switch off the flame.
- Serve it with main course
In this recipe main ingredient is bottle gourd which is called as LAUKI in Bottle gourd (lau / lauki) is good source of carbohydrates, Vitamin A, C and minerals. It helps in maintaining blood pressure and cholesterol. Nothing is more refreshing on a hot summer day than lau ghonto, bottle gourd cooked in its own juices with peas and badis (badis are sun-dried lentil dumplings, very popular in traditional Bengali cuisine). Fry urad dal bari till ligt red and kept aside. Bori Diye Lau Ghonto (Bengali dry Bottle gourd curry with lentil dumplings) is a traditional Bengali vegetarian dish where bottle gourd/lau/lauki is slow cooked with minimal spices and bori/sun dried lentil dumplings in its own juices.
So that’s going to wrap it up with this special food lau ghonto (bottle gourd stir fry) recipe. Thanks so much for your time. I am sure that you will make this at home. There is gonna be more interesting food at home recipes coming up. Remember to bookmark this page in your browser, and share it to your family, friends and colleague. Thank you for reading. Go on get cooking!
