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Shukto (Mixed Veg. Curry with Bitter Gourd - Bengali Style)

Apr-17-2018
Bethica Das
10 minutes
Prep Time
25 minutes
Cook Time
4 People
Serves
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ABOUT Shukto (Mixed Veg. Curry with Bitter Gourd - Bengali Style) RECIPE

Shukto is a traditional Bengali cuisine and is considered as a delicacy. This is a mixed vegetable curry which has a fair amount of bitter gourd in it. It is cooked into a mustard and milk based gravy. It is mildly spiced with the addition of one whole dry red chilli and tempered with Panch Phoron, the popular Bengali five spice. Drumstick, french beans, eggplants and carrots too can be added. It is served with hot steamed rice at the beginning of a full course meal as it is believed that the bitterness helps in purifying the blood.

Recipe Tags

  • Veg
  • Easy
  • Everyday
  • West Bengal
  • Main Dish

Ingredients Serving: 4

  1. 1 cup radish, diced
  2. 1 cup green plantain, diced
  3. 1 cup green papaya, diced
  4. 7-8 broad beans, chopped into half
  5. 1 cup yam, diced
  6. 1 small potato, diced
  7. 1/2 cup bitter gourd, sliced
  8. 2-3 tbsp. mustard oil
  9. 6-7 vadi (dried lentil dumplings)
  10. 1 whole dry red chilly
  11. 2 bay leaves
  12. 1 tsp. panch phoron (equal quantity of fennel, mustard, cumin, fenugreek & nigella seeds
  13. salt to taste
  14. 1/2 tsp. turmeric powder
  15. 2 tbsp. mustard paste / kasundi
  16. 1/2 cup milk
  17. 1 tsp. ghee
  18. 1 tsp. sugar (opt)

Instructions

  1. Heat 1 tbsp. oil in a pan and fry the bori till golden brown in colour. Drain and keep aside. In the same oil fry the sliced bitter gourd till light golden brown and keep aside.
  2. Heat the remaining of the oil and temper with the dry red chilly, bay leaves and the panch phoron.
  3. After it stops spluttering, add the chopped veggies and saute on low flame for 5-7 minutes till light brown. Add 11/2 cups water, fried bori, salt and turmeric powder.
  4. Cover and cook on low flame till the veggies turns soft and the gravy is slightly reduced. Now add the milk, ghee, sugar and mustard paste. Simmer for 2-3 minutes and serve with steamed rice.

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Reema Garg
Apr-22-2018
Reema Garg   Apr-22-2018

Would love to try this.

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