How To Make  Lau-er Khosa Bata

This is my mom’s favorite recipe, as she is very simple, used to take panta Bhat with posto bata, Lau er khosa bata, or lau er khosa bhaja with onion. So I learned this very simple, healthy, and flavorful dish from my beloved mother. Boiled and pasted peel of bottle gourd, are stir-fried with the tempered nigella seeds and mixed with sorshe- posto bata in sil Nora(mustard-poppy seeds paste with the help of grinding stone), this is How To Make  Lau-er Khosa Bata.

 Lau-er Khosa is rich in fiber which helps to digest food. They are also very helpful for controlling diabetes and blood sugar, and very helpful also to managing weight as it gives very less calories.

Main equipment required

A Kadai or a frying pan

Serving plate

Pressure cooker

Spatula

Ingredients

Lau er khosa/bottle gourd peel-200 gm

Posto/Khas Khas/poppy seeds-2 tbsp

Mustard seeds/sorshe-2 tbsp

Nigella seeds-1/ tbsp

Oil-1 tbsp

Turmeric powder-1/2 tbsp

Green chili-2

Salt to taste

How To Make  Lau-er Khosa Bata

Soak poppy seeds and mustard seeds in half a cup of warm water for 30 minutes

Wash the peel and put it into a pressure cooker by adding a pinch of salt and pressure cook it for 1 whistle on low flame.

Allow to release the pressure and open the lid.

Smash it with the help of a palm.

Take a sil bata and grind the soaked posto and sorshe with the green chilies, to a smooth paste

Heat oil in a Kadai, and add nigella seeds for tempering

Add the paste of bottle gourd peel and stir fry for a minute.

Now add turmeric powder and mix it properly

When the raw smell of turmeric goes off, then add the posto sorshe paste and cook for 3-4 minutes.

Take it out from the oven and serve with hot steam rice.

How To Make Lau-er Khosa Bata

This is my mom’s favorite recipe, as she is very simple,used to take panta bhat with posto bata, lau er khosa bata or lau er khosa bhaja with onion. So I learned this very simple , healthy and flavorful dish from mybeloved mother. Boiled and pasted peel of bottle gourd, are stir fried with thetempered nigella seeds  and mixed with sorshe- posto bata in sil-nora(mustard-poppy seeds paste withthe help of  grinding stone),this is How To Make Lau-er Khosa Bata.

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 15 minutes mins

Total Time 30 minutes mins

Course Side Dish

Cuisine Bengali, Indian

Servings 4

Calories

Equipment

• Serving plate
• A kadai or a fry pan
• pressure cooker
• Spatula

Ingredients

  

• 2 tbsp poppy seeds/posto/khas khas
• 2 tbsp mustard
• 1 tbsp mustard oil
• 1/2 tbsp  turmeric powder
• 2 green chili
• 1/2 tbsp nigella seeds
• salt to taste
• 1 cup lau er khosa/bottle gourd peel

Instructions

 

• Soak poppy seed and mustardseeds in half cup of warm water for 30 minituess

  Wash the peel and put it into a pressure cooker with addinga pinch of salt and pressure cook it for 1 whistle in low flame.
• Allow to release the pressure and open the lid.
• Smash it with the help of palm.
• Take a sil bata and grind the soaked posto and sorshe withthe green chilies, to a smooth paste
• Heat oil in a kadai, and add nigella seeds for tempering
• Add the paste of bottle gourd peel and stir fry for aminute.
• Now add turmeric powder and mix it properly
• When the raw smell of turmeric goes off, then add the posto sorshe paste and cook for 3-4 minutes.
• Take it out from the oven and serve with hot steam rice.