Name: Shukto ( a bengali delicacy) recipe by Uma Sarkar at BetterButter
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: Diced potato - 1 cup; One inch long cut beans - 1 cup; Diced pumpkin- 1 cup; Diced ridge gourd- 1 cup; Bitter gourd- 1 sliced; Diced radish - 1 cup; Diced raw banana - 1; Brinjal - 1 cup; Lentils chuncks - 1/2 cup; Drumsticks - 2; Ghee - 1 tablespoon; Punchphoron - 1 teaspoon; Red chilly - 3; Bay leaves - 2; Radhani ( celery seeds) paste- 1 /2 tablespoon; Poppy seeds paste - 1/4 cup; Milk - 1 cup; Oil - 1/4 cup; Sugar - 1 teaspoon; Salt

ABOUT Shukto ( a bengali delicacy) RECIPE

This is an authentic bengali vegetarian delicacy serve in different functions. It is made of different vegetables like bitter gaurd, brinjal, potato, ridge gaurd ,drumsticks etc. At the end adding of poppy seeds paste , ghee and milk ( must) gives the taste, aroma and look.

Ingredients Serving: 8

Diced potato - 1 cup
One inch long cut beans - 1 cup
Diced pumpkin- 1 cup
Diced ridge gourd- 1 cup
Bitter gourd- 1 sliced
Diced radish - 1 cup
Diced raw banana - 1
Brinjal - 1 cup
Lentils chuncks - 1/2 cup
Drumsticks - 2
Ghee - 1 tablespoon
Punchphoron - 1 teaspoon
Red chilly - 3
Bay leaves - 2
Radhani ( celery seeds) paste- 1 /2 tablespoon
Poppy seeds paste - 1/4 cup
Milk - 1 cup
Oil - 1/4 cup
Sugar - 1 teaspoon
Salt

Instructions

First dice all the vegetables in equal length.
Warm up some oil in the Kadhai and fry some lentil chunks. Keep it aside.
Take the sliced bitter gourd and fry them in the oil. Keep them aside.
Then add Panch Foron, Bay leaves, and dried red chillies to some hot oil. After frying these for a while add all the vegetables one by one. Then cook the vegetables for a while, till they are a bit soft.
Add the fried bitter gourd to this.
Put the poppy seeds and celery seeds and cook them for 2-3 minutes.
Add ample amount of water and cover it. Let it cook on its own for another 2-3 minutes.
After the vegetables have boiled add the Ghee, milk and fried lentil chunks in the Kadhai. Cook for another 2 minutes.
Serve with hot rice.

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