Bottle Gourd Leaf /Lau Saak

15. Bottle gourd leaves (Lau Saak)

About

Bottle gourd tender leaves and stems are also edible and contain higher concentrations of vitamins and minerals than its fruit.

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Nutritions

It contains sodium, potassium, dietary fiber and calcium, huge calories and many other nutrients.

Uses

Because of the richness in terms of vitamins and minerals, we have recipes for every part of the plant, leaves and tender stems and with skin of the fruit, too. One delicacy dish in Bengali  with bottle gourd leaves and tenders stems is called “lau shaker chorchori”.The word ‘ Chorchori’ in Bengali means almost fried or dry vegetable dish made with just a tempering and minimal spice added.