Chitrita Banerji

Lau-ghanto

Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Bengali Cooking: Seasons & Festivals
Bengali Cooking

By Chitrita Banerji

Published 1997

  • About

For those who are vegetarians and therefore forbidden shrimps, the lau-ghanto is a delightful alternative. Not that non-vegetarians abstain from eating it—it is a perennial favourite in our house during the heat of the summer, and it has the advantage of being easier to cook.

Method

For Lau-ghanto, again, you need 750 g (1½ lbs) of lau (or any gourd substitute), peeled, chopped fine and steamed. All excess