Hello everybody, it’s Louise, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, shukto. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Shukto is one of the most well liked of current trending meals on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. Shukto is something which I have loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.
Shukto is a popular Bengali dish made during festivals and special occasions like kitty party, potluck, buffet and on a family get-together. This traditional Shukto recipe is loved by the people of all age groups. Shukto is a Bengali Mixed vegetarian dish comprising of several veggies & Bong's have it as part of Lunch with rice especially on auspicious occasions Shukto (Bengali: শুক্তো) is a popular vegetable dish in Bengali cuisine usually served with rice in the West Bengal state of India and in the neighbouring country Bangladesh.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook shukto using 23 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Shukto:
- Make ready 2 small uchche/ Bitter Gourd
- Get 2 small Baigun /Brinjal
- Prepare 1 kancha kola/Raw Banana
- Prepare 2 small aloo/ potato
- Get 1 ranga aloo / Sweet potato
- Get 2 Danta / Drum sticks
- Take 1 Mooli/ White Radish
- Make ready 7 sheem / Broad Beans
- Prepare 10 pieces Bori
- Get 2 tbsp poppy seeds/posto
- Get 1 tbsp mustard seed / sorso
- Make ready 1 tbsp ginger paste
- Make ready 1 tsp panch phoron
- Make ready 2 tsp Radhuni
- Get 1 tsp turmeric powder
- Make ready 1 tbsp sugar
- Prepare to taste Salt
- Prepare 4 tbsp Mustard oil
- Make ready 1 tbsp ghee
- Make ready 1 cup Milk
- Make ready 3 cups water
- Take 2 nos red chilli
- Make ready 2 nos green chilli
Pritha explains, "Shukto is not really the name of a single dish. It is essentially a style and method of cooking a starter which is a jewel in the crown of Bengali cuisine. Shukto is a traditional bangali recipe. Shukto is made of many vegetables.
Steps to make Shukto:
- Soak both mustard seeds and puppy seeds in water for ten minutes then make paste. All vegetables cut in rectangular strips, drumsticks into 2" long strips after peeling the outer skin of each veggies except Brinjal, heat mustard oil in a wok and fry Bitter Gourd and keep aside,
- Then fry Bori in medium flame keep aside.
- Then fry all the veggie one by one keep it side, temper remaining oil with panch phoron, and Radhuni, red green chilli, add ginger paste and cook for 2 minutes, then add puppy seed and mustard seed paste and cook again for 2 minutes.
- Add turmeric powder, salt to taste, sugar again cook for 2 minutes, add all the fried vegetables and bori.
- Now add milk, water to the veggie, mix it and bring it to boil then cover the wok with a lid, cook for 10 minutes in low flame,
- Check the water level and if required add some more water since Shukto should have sufficient gravy. Add ghee to the curry and boil for 2 minutes and serve hot with rice.
It is a very very popular Bengali cuisine. The fried lentil dumplings or bori is another delightful part of Shukto which adds a nice bite to the dish. I remember as a child I used to Shukto: Why Can't Bengalis Start Their Meal Without This Bitter Medley Of Vegetables Shukto is a bitter and pungent stew of vegetables cooked in mustard oil and spiced with paanch phoron, ginger paste and chillies. Shukto recipe- shukto is a popular veg dish of our bengali culinary. Many vegetables are used for making shukto or sukto recipe but bitter gourd is most important among all ingredients.
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