Lau chingri (bottle gourd with prwan) easy steps

Ingredients:

1.Lau or lauki or dudhi or bottle gourd 1 medium size (make sure it must be fresh)
2.Prawn medium size 10 cleaned and washed
3.Tomato 1 chopped
4.Bay leaf 1 big size
5.Cumin whole 1 tsp
6.Green chili 2
7.Turmeric 1 tsp
8.Salt & sugar as per taste
9.Vegetable oil 2 tsp

Recipe:

1>Peel the bottle gourd and chop it finely.

2>Marinate prwans with salt & turmeric.

3>Heat oil in a pan and lightly fry the prawns and take them out and put in a bowl.

4>In the same oil add bay leaf, green chili, cumin seeds and fry for a while.

5>Now add the chopped bottle gourd, turmeric & salt and cover it with a lid and simmer the stove.

6>After 20 min open the lid and check if the bottle gourd is cooked or not.

7>If It is cooked add chopped tomatoes, fried prawns & sugar and higher the flame and stir fry it.

8>When all the juice which came out from bottle gourd is evaporated off the stove and serve the lau chingri with steamed rice.