Lau Korai Shuti Bengali Bottle Gourd And Peas Curry | Dudh Diye Lau

Lau Korai Shuti Recipe

Lau Korai Shuti is a simple Bengali dish made with bottle gourd and fresh green peas. Bottle gourd and peas cooked Bengali style is a light refreshing dish with a creamy texture. Very easy to put together and has a wonderful flavour. A delicious way to cook peas.

Bottle gourd is known by different names such as calabash gourd, New Guinea bean, white-flowered gourd, long melon and Tasmania bean.

The humble bottle guard has a host of health benefits. Bottle gourd or Lauki (Hindi) is known for its high water content and is an excellent weight-loss food. The green vegetable helps fight jaundice, indigestion and fatigue and has a cooling effect on the body.

Lau Korai Shuti Recipe:

Lau Koraishuti is a flavourful and delicious niramish ranna curry, quick and easy to prepare. A healthy vegetarian side dish that pairs well with steaming hot Dal-Bhat!

To make Bengali Lau Koraishuti, firstly wash, peel and thinly slice fresh bottle gourd.

Bottle gourd chopped

Next mince ginger. Also keep the peas ready.

Bottle gourd and green peas

Heat oil in a kadai and toss in cumin, dry red chilli and bay leaf.
Next add grated ginger, followed by sliced bottle gourd and peas. Stir well and fry for a couple of minutes.

Cook lau and korai shuti

Then sprinkle jeera powder and salt. Mix well, cover and cook for ten minutes over medium heat till the lau is cooked and the dish is almost dry.
Now blend in milk and sugar. Cook on low heat till the bottle gourd and peas are cooked and all the liquid is absorbed. Allow the flavours to come together.

Simmer bottle gourd and peas in milk

Lastly, drizzle ghee on top and remove.
Serve Lau Korai Shuti with Steamed Rice and Dal.

If you are searching for more lau recipes, then do try out Ridge Gourd Halwa

Dudh Diye Lau Recipe details below:

Dudh Diye Lau Recipe - Bottle Gourd And Peas Curry

Lau Koraishuti is a light, sweetish Bengali dish that is both tasty and healthy. Lau (bottle gourd) and Koraishuti (green peas) are used in combination in this simple fare.

Course Side Dish

Cuisine Bengali

Prep Time 20

Cook Time 20

Total Time 40

Servings 4

Calories 51kcal

Author Shil

Ingredients

Bottle Gourd – 2 cups, finely chopped
Peas – ½ cup
Ginger, grated – 1 tsp
Cumin seeds – ½ tsp
Oil – 1 tsp
Bay Leaf - 1
Red Chilli – 1
Cumin powder – ½ tsp
Sugar – 1 tsp
Milk – 1/3 rd cup
Salt to taste
Ghee - ½ tsp

Instructions

Peel and thinly slice the bottle gourd and finely mince the ginger.
Heat oil in a pan. Add bay leaf, broken red chilli and cumin seeds.
When the cumin seeds start to sizzle, add grated ginger and fry till the raw smell disappears.
Put in the bottle gourd and peas. Mix well and sauté for 1-2 minutes.
Add cumin powder and salt and combine well.
Cook covered for about 10 minutes on medium flame till all the water evaporates. In between, remove the lid and stir well. Water need not be added as the bottle gourd releases a lot of water. (However, if the bottle gourd isn’t fresh, then sprinkle a little water and cook)
When the bottle gourd is ¾ th cooked, add milk and sugar. Blend well and cook till the bottle gourd turns tender, the peas are cooked and the dish is almost dry.
Top with a blob of ghee and serve Lau Korai Shuti as a side dish with Rice and Dal.