medium eggplant • medium potatoes • medium daikon • broad beans, if available. (Use string beans as a substitute) • pumpkin or butternut squash • a green cabbage • “Paanch Phoron”, (a Bengali spice blend of mustard, cumin, fennel, fenugreek and back onion seeds) • turmeric powder • Kashmiri red chilli powder(optional) • minced ginger • salt • sugar (or sugar substitute) •