Shukto(Healthy mixed veg with lentil dumplings)

Name: Shukto(Healthy mixed veg with lentil dumplings)
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 2 raw bananas chopped; 1/2 cup raw papaya chopped; 1 small brinjal chopped; 7-8 flat beans chopped; 7-8 urad or matar dal dumplings (bori); 1 bitter gourd (karela) sliced; 1 tbsp ginger paste; 1 tbsp mustard paste; 1 tsp poppy seed paste; For Dry roast; 1 tbsp Mustard seeds; 1 tbsp Fennel seeds; 1/2 tsp Fenugreek seeds; 1-2 dry red chillies; 1 tsp paanch phoron or; 1/2 tsp mustard; 1/4 tsp methi; 1/4 tsp radhuni; 1 pinch hing; 1 cup water; 2 tbsp milk; 3 tbsp mustard oil; 1 tbsp ghee; 1 tbsp scraped coconut; To taste salt and sugar

Kumkum Chatterjee @cook_12055532

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This is an authentic Bengali cuisine and served as the first item with rice during lunch.A meddly of healthy vegetables and the flavour of dry roasted spices adds to it's authenticity.

Kumkum Chatterjee @cook_12055532

#curry
This is an authentic Bengali cuisine and served as the first item with rice during lunch.A meddly of healthy vegetables and the flavour of dry roasted spices adds to it's authenticity.

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Ingredients

2raw bananas chopped
1/2 cupraw papaya chopped
1small brinjal chopped
7-8flat beans chopped
7-8urad or matar dal dumplings (bori)
1bitter gourd (karela) sliced
1 tbspginger paste
1 tbspmustard paste
1 tsppoppy seed paste
For Dry roast
1 tbspMustard seeds
1 tbspFennel seeds
1/2 tspFenugreek seeds
1-2dry red chillies
1 tsppaanch phoron or
1/2 tspmustard
1/4 tsp methi
1/4 tsp radhuni
1 pinchhing
1 cupwater
2 tbspmilk
3 tbspmustard oil
1 tbspghee
1 tbspscraped coconut
To tastesalt and sugar

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Steps

1

There are options of adding other seasonal vegetables like sweet potato,drumsticks, radish etc.
2

Dry roast mustard,fennel and methi and dry grind it and store.1 dry red chilli may also be roasted and ground.Heat oil and fry the dumplings and set aside.Also fry the bitter gourd in little oil and set aside.Heat more oil and stir fry all vegetables separately.
3

Sprinkle methi, mustard, radhuni and 1 broken red chilli.When they splutter add hing.Now pour all fried vegetables except brinjal and bitter gourd.Toss and add water.Add salt and sugar to taste.Boil till cooked.Add ginger paste,then mustard and poppy seed paste.Add coconut and 2 tbsp milk.Now add the bitter gourd and brinjal and the dumplings and boil few minutes.When done sprinkle dry roasted masala and 1 tbsp ghee.Serve as first course meal with rice.Other items follow after serving shukto.