Shukto Recipe

Name: Shukto Recipe
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 cup bittergourd(2-3 inches length cut); 1/2 cup dried lentil dumplings or badies; 1 cup raw banana(sliced); 1 cup brinjal/eggplant(sliced); 1/2 cup raw papaya(sliced); 1/2 cup radish(sliced); 1/2 cup flat beans(sliced); 1/2 cup potatoes(sliced); 1/4 cup drumsticks(2-3 inches length cut); 1 bay leaf; 1 dry red chilli; 1 tsp ghee/ clarified butter; 1 tbsp mustard oil; 1 tsp ginger paste; 1/2 tsp sugar; To taste Salt; 1 tsp refined flour; 1/4 cup milk; 1 tsp mustard seeds paste; 1 tsp panch phoran/ five spices masala

Deepanjali Das @cook_12477078

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Shukto recipe is an authentic & healthy bengali dish This bitter sweet vegetable medley is the first thing that serves first & that gets wiped off the plate.Bitter Gourd & dried lentil dumplings are the important & main ingredients of Sukto recipe.Perfect in this hot season.

Deepanjali Das @cook_12477078

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Ingredients

30 minutes

4 servings

1 cupbittergourd(2-3 inches length cut)
1/2 cupdried lentil dumplings or badies
1 cupraw banana(sliced)
1 cupbrinjal/eggplant(sliced)
1/2 cupraw papaya(sliced)
1/2 cupradish(sliced)
1/2 cupflat beans(sliced)
1/2 cuppotatoes(sliced)
1/4 cupdrumsticks(2-3 inches length cut)
1bay leaf
1dry red chilli
1 tspghee/ clarified butter
1 tbspmustard oil
1 tspginger paste
1/2 tspsugar
To tasteSalt
1 tsprefined flour
1/4 cupmilk
1 tspmustard seeds paste
1 tsppanch phoran/ five spices masala

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Steps

30 minutes

1

Panch phoran masala-dry roast the panch phoran or five spices & grind it to a fine powder.
2

To begin with Sukto recipe,in a kadai heat mustard oil & fry the dried lentil dumplings or bodies until it turns light brown in colour.
3

In the same oil fry the bitter gourd slices & keep aside.
4

Then add the dry red chilli & bay leaf to the oil.Then add all the 2-3 inches length cut vegetables one by one.
5

Cook for about 2 mints,add salt,sugar.
6

Add ginger paste & stir well.Add the mustard seeds paste.Pour water. Cover & cook for 5 mints till the vegetables are well cooked.
7

Then add the crispy bitter gourd slices & dry lentil dumplings/ badi.Let it cook about a minute.
8

Now mix the flour with the milk & pour it into the vegetable gravy & mix well.
9

Lastly add ghee & sprinkle the prepared ground bhaja panch phoran masala powder.Mix well & turn off the flame.
10

Sukto is ready.Remove from gas & pour it into a serving plate.
11

Serve the healthy Sukto with hot steamed rice.