Cut all the vegetables in 1-inch pieces first and keep aside.

Place a pan over medium flame and heat two tablespoons of oil in it. Add bitter gourd and fry until it becomes crispy. Keep the fried bitter gourd aside. Meanwhile, for preparing the shukto masala put 1 tablespoon of panch phoron, mustard seeds in a heated pan and make a thick paste of it.

Take another pan and add oil to it. Add ginger paste, bay leaves, caraway seeds, dry red chillies in it and fry the spices for a while. Finally, add all the chopped vegetables in the pan and add turmeric along with salt over the veggies. Mix all the ingredients together and add the required amount of milk along with water and cook over medium flame.

Add fried bitter gourds to the mixture and stir gently. Finally, add the shukto masala paste and cook until all the vegetables are done.

Turn of the flame, serve your shukto with rice.