2 dried whole red chilli, broken, seeds and stalk removed
½ tbsp garlic paste
1 tbsp ginger paste
1 doodhi (bottle gourd), about 500g/1lb 2 oz–600g/1lb 5oz, peeled, pith and seeds discarded, flesh diced into 1cm/½in cubes
squeeze lemon juice
1 tsp red chilli powder
1 tsp cumin seeds
1½ tsp ground cumin
½ ts ground garam masala
1½ tsp salt
1 tsp sugar
1 tsp ground turmeric
400g/14oz prawn tails (head and shell removed), cut into 2–3 pieces
4 tbsp mustard oil
70g/2½ oz green peas or petit pois (frozen is fine)