Lau Ghonto
Recipe: A Classic Bengali Bottle Gourd Curry

Name: ~Lau Ghonto~ Recipe: A Classic Bengali Bottle Gourd Curry
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Bengali
Ingredients: 600 g Bottle gourd (lauki) (peeled and cubed); 1 large Potato (cubed); ½ cup Moong dal; 1 tsp Ginger paste; 2 Green chilli (slit); 1 Bay leaf; 1 tsp Panch phoron (Bengali five-spice mix); ½ tsp Turmeric powder; ½ tsp Red chilli powder; 1 tsp Sugar; 2 tbsp Mustard oil; 2 tbsp Fresh coriander leaves, (chopped); ½ tsp Ghee, (optional, for richness); ¼ cup Green peas, (optional); to taste Salt

30 mins

Cooking Time

Easy

Difficulty

Ingredients

Vegetarian

Diet

Lau Ghonto is a dry Bengali dish made with potatoes, bottle gourd, and traditional spices. It’s typically served with hot rice and dal during Durga Puja bhog celebrations. With its mild heat, sweet lau, and fragrant panch phoron, this dish embodies the heartfelt simplicity of vegetarian Bengali cuisine.

Ingredients

UNITSIngredients

600 gBottle gourd (lauki) (peeled and cubed)

1 largePotato (cubed)

½ cupMoong dal

1 tspGinger paste

2Green chilli (slit)

1Bay leaf

1 tspPanch phoron (Bengali five-spice mix)

½ tspTurmeric powder

½ tspRed chilli powder

1 tspSugar

2 tbspMustard oil

2 tbsp Fresh coriander leaves, (chopped)

½ tspGhee, (optional, for richness)

¼ cupGreen peas, (optional)

to tasteSalt

Lau Ghonto

Lau Ghonto Recipe: A Classic Bengali Bottle Gourd Curry

Ingredients

Lau Ghonto
Recipe: A Classic Bengali Bottle Gourd Curry