Bengali Shukto recipe

Bengali Shukto recipe / Bengali mixed vegetable with Bitter gourd

Today I will share how to make Bengali Shukto recipe / Bengali mixed vegetable with Bitter gourd which is a famous and popular Bengali dish. Shukto is a mix of many vegetables, and the main ingredient is a bitter gourd, altogether they impart a unique flavor. Without this typical Bengali menu, it is just incomplete to make a Bengali Thali.

My other version of Shukto is much easier than this, if you want to make it a regular basis, then you can go for this

Equipment required

• Pressure cooker
• Blender
• Colander
• Wire skimmer
• Frying pan
• Spatula

Ingredients

Papaya-1/2(curry cut)

Drumstick-2

Raw banana-1

Bori (sun-dried lentil fritters)

Sweet potato-1

Potato-1

Bitter gourd/ karela-1

Egg plant-1(small)

Green chili-2

Poppy seeds-1 tbsp

Mustard seeds-1 tbsp

Bay leaves-2

Ginger-1/2 inch

Red chili-1

Panchphoron-1 tbsp (½ tbsp for tempering and another half for roasted powder)

Radhuni-1/2 tbsp (for roasted powder)

Turmeric powder-1/2 tbsp

Cumin powder-1/2 tbsp

Mustard oil-4 tbsp (1 tbsp for Shukto gravy, and leftover for deep fry the vegetables)

Ghee/clarified butter-1 tbsp

Milk-3 tbsp(optional)

Sugar-1/2 tbsp

Salt

How to make Bengali Shukto recipe / Bengali mixed vegetable with Bitter gourd

First curry cut all the vegetables; and put papaya, sweet potato, and drumsticks in a pressure cooker and wait for one whistle on high flame

Take a blender jar, and add soaked (10 minutes) poppy seeds, mustard seeds, green chili, and ginger; and make a fine paste

Take a small kadai and deep fry the bori with the help of a Wire skimmer

Next, fry the bitter gourd

And the same way fry the eggplant

Now open the lid of the pressure cooker after releasing the pressure

And strain them with the help of a colander, and keep the stock for the gravy

Heat oil in a pan, and add bay leaves, red chili, and panchphoron for tempering

As they splatter and sizzle, add raw bananas and potatoes, and stir them for a minute

Now add turmeric powder and cumin powder and sauté them till the raw smell goes off

Add the boiled vegetables and mix them well

Now add the poppy seeds and mustard seeds paste

Cook them for a minute to mix the paste well with the veggies

Add the veg stock and mix them well

Add salt and sugar

Now add the fried karela and eggplant

Cover the lid and allow them to cook for 5 minutes to boil the potato and green banana

Open the cover and add the fried bori

Add milk and the Shukto masala powder (roast the same amount of radhuni and panchphoron and grind them. Sometimes you may find radhuni in panchphoron also but in a very less percentage)

Add ghee/ clarified butter

Now transfer them to a serving plate and serve hot with plain rice and dal

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Bengali Shukto recipe

TodayI will share how to make Bengali Shukto recipe / Bengali mixed vegetablewith Bitter gourd whichis a famous and popular Bengali dish. Shukto is a mix of many vegetables, andthe main ingredients is bitter gourd, altogether they impart a unique flavor. Withoutthis typical Bengali menu, it is just incomplete to make a Bengali Thali.

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 35 minutes mins

Total Time 45 minutes mins

Course Side Dish

Cuisine Bengali

Servings 4

Calories

Equipment

• blender
• pressure cooker
• Skimmer/jharna spatula
• colander
• A kadai or a fry pan
• Spatula

Ingredients

  

• 1/2 papaya
• 1 raw banana
• 2 drumstick
• 20 Bori(sun dried lentil fritters)
• 1 sweet potato
• 1 Potato
• 1 Bitter gourd/ karela
• 1 Egg-plant/brinjal
• 2 green chili
• 1 tbsp Poppyseeds/posto/khaskhas
• 1 tbsp mustard seeds
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 red chili
• 1/2 inch ginger
• 1/2 tbsp panchforons -1/2 t spoon  (It comprises mouri (fennel seeds), methi (fenugreek seeds), kaalo jeere (black cumin  seeds), zeera(cumin seeds),
• 1/2 tbsp radhuni
• 1/2 tbsp  turmeric powder
• 1/2 tbsp cumin powder
• 3 tbsp Mustard oil  (1 tbsp for Shukto gravy, and leftover for deepfry the vegetables)
• 1 tbsp ghee/ clarified butter
• 3 tbsp milk (optional)
• salt
• 1/2 tbsp sugar

Instructions

 

• First curry cut all the vegetables; and put papaya, sweetpotato and drumsticks in a pressure cooker and wait for one whistle in highflame
• Take a blender jar, and add soaked (10 minutes) poppy seeds,mustard seeds, green chili and ginger; and make a fine paste
• Take a small kadai and deep fry the bori with the help of a Wire skimmer
• Next,fry the bitter gourd
• And the same way fry the egg plant
• Now open the lid of the pressure cooker after releasing the pressure
• And strain them with the help of a colander, and keep the stock for the gravy
• Heat oil in a pan, and add bay leaves, red chili and panchphoron for tempering
• As they splatter and sizzle, add raw banana and potatoes, and stir them for aminute
• Now add turmeric powder and cumin powder and sauté them till the raw smell goes off
• Add the boiled vegetables and mix them well
• Now add the poppy seeds and mustard seeds paste
• Cook them for a minute to mix the paste well with the veggies
• Add the veg stock and mix them well
• Add salt and sugar
• Now add the fried karela and egg plant
• Cover the lid and allow them to cook for 5 minutes to boil the potato and greenbanana
• Openthe cover and add the fried bori
• Addmilk and the Shukto masala powder (roast the same amount of radhuni and panchphoron and grind them. sometimes you may find radhuni in panchphoron alsobut in very less percentage)
• Addghee/ clarified butter
• Nowtransfer them to a serving plate and serve hot with plane rice and dal