Bottle Gourd Chicken\Lau Chicken

In this recipe, I have used the young bottle gourd, as my experimental ingredient with chicken. Since the Lau\Bottle Gourd was very tender, so I used all the parts (skin, flesh & seeds) of the vegetable. Cut the bottle gourd into four parts & take out the seeds. Make paste\thick juice in a blender or juicer. Dry fry the seeds & keep aside.

Hope to get some feedback if you like the recipe :)

Ingredients:

500gm chicken, medium pieces

1 medium, young Bottle Gourd\Lau

1 small onion, sliced

2 large potatoes, each cut into 4 pieces

3 cloves of garlic, chopped

3 tbsp cooking oil

1 green chilly, halved

1/4 tsp coriander powder

1/2 tsp turmeric powder

salt & sugar 

Method:

1. Heat oil, add chopped garlic, chopped onions & saute until the onion becomes soft. Add potato pieces & gourd seeds. Saute for 4-5mins.

2. Add turmeric powder, coriander powder, chilly, sugar & salt. Simmer on low flame.

3. Add the chicken pieces. Saute in medium flame for 2-3mins. Add the Lau\Bottle Gourd paste & mix everything properly. After 5mins, add water. Cook on medium fire until chicken is soft & desired amount of gravy is there.

4. Serve with rice, pulao or roti.

Stuffed Bottle gourd Curry

After a small unwanted break of a few days, I am posting this new recipe. Last few days I was busy with searching new house & throat-pain :(

But I missed writing about my recipes these days a lot. So as soon as I got some free time, I started to type my new tasted recipe. Hope you like this & send me some feedback :)

Have a tasty day ahead!
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Ingredients:

Bottle gourd 1 medium 

Paneer 100gm, mashed

Onion 2 cups, finely chopped

Garlic paste 1tbs,

Chilli 2, chopped

Oil

Salt and Black pepper powder to taste

Cornflour 1cup

Turmeric powder

Coriander powder

Cumin powder

Chilly powder

Method:

1. Remove skin of Bottle gourd, cut into 6 medium pieces & boil in hot water for 10min or until the pieces are tender. Cool and Scoop the circular pieces a little so that a slight depression is formed for the filling.

2. Heat 1tbs oil and fry 1cup onion for 1/2 minute. Add the chopped chilli and fry again for a few seconds. Add the mashed paneer and cook for 2 minutes. Add salt and pepper. Cook for 1-2mins. Stuffing is ready.

3. Fill each piece with the filling.

4. Mix cornflour, salt, turmeric powder with water to form a smooth batter. Dip each stuffed Bottle gourd pieces in the batter & fry in hot oil,in a pan.

Preparing Curry:

1. Heat oil in a pan,add garlic paste & remaining 1cup onion. When onion becomes soft, add 1/2 tsp cumin powder, 1tsp coriander powder, 1/2tsp turmeric powder, 1/3tsp chilly powder & salt. (You can add potato pieces-cut into medium cubes.) 

2. Saute for 4-5min in low flame. Add water. (If added potato, cover the pan & cook for 7-8min in low flame, then uncover & cook in high flame for 5mins.) Cook in high flame for 5mins without covering the pan. Curry is ready.

3. Add the fried stuffed Bottle gourd pieces in the curry, cook on low flame for 3-5mins. Add chopped coriander leaves, turn off the heat & serve hot.

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