Hello everybody, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, shukto. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Shukto is a popular Bengali dish made during festivals and special occasions like kitty party, potluck, buffet and on a family get-together. This traditional Shukto recipe is loved by the people of all age groups. Shukto (Bengali: শুক্তো) is a popular vegetable dish in Bengali cuisine usually served with rice in the West Bengal state of India and in the neighbouring country Bangladesh.

Shukto is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals in the world. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Shukto is something that I have loved my entire life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook shukto using 23 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Shukto:

1. Make ready 2 small uchche/ Bitter Gourd
2. Take 2 small Baigun /Brinjal
3. Prepare 1 kancha kola/Raw Banana
4. Get 2 small aloo/ potato
5. Take 1 ranga aloo / Sweet potato
6. Prepare 2 Danta / Drum sticks
7. Take 1 Mooli/ White Radish
8. Get 7 sheem / Broad Beans
9. Make ready 10 pieces Bori
10. Make ready 2 tbsp poppy seeds/posto
11. Make ready 1 tbsp mustard seed / sorso
12. Get 1 tbsp ginger paste
13. Get 1 tsp panch phoron
14. Prepare 2 tsp Radhuni
15. Make ready 1 tsp turmeric powder
16. Get 1 tbsp sugar
17. Get to taste Salt
18. Take 4 tbsp Mustard oil
19. Get 1 tbsp ghee
20. Make ready 1 cup Milk
21. Make ready 3 cups water
22. Make ready 2 nos red chilli
23. Get 2 nos green chilli

Pritha explains, "Shukto is not really the name of a single dish. It is essentially a style and method of cooking a starter which is a jewel in the crown of Bengali cuisine. Shukto is a traditional bangali recipe. Shukto is made of many vegetables.

Instructions to make Shukto:

1. Soak both mustard seeds and puppy seeds in water for ten minutes then make paste. All vegetables cut in rectangular strips, drumsticks into 2" long strips after peeling the outer skin of each veggies except Brinjal, heat mustard oil in a wok and fry Bitter Gourd and keep aside,
2. Then fry Bori in medium flame keep aside.
3. Then fry all the veggie one by one keep it side, temper remaining oil with panch phoron, and Radhuni, red green chilli, add ginger paste and cook for 2 minutes, then add puppy seed and mustard seed paste and cook again for 2 minutes.
4. Add turmeric powder, salt to taste, sugar again cook for 2 minutes, add all the fried vegetables and bori.
5. Now add milk, water to the veggie, mix it and bring it to boil then cover the wok with a lid, cook for 10 minutes in low flame,
6. Check the water level and if required add some more water since Shukto should have sufficient gravy. Add ghee to the curry and boil for 2 minutes and serve hot with rice.

It is a very very popular Bengali cuisine. The fried lentil dumplings or bori is another delightful part of Shukto which adds a nice bite to the dish. I remember as a child I used to Shukto Shukto is a mix of vegetables with an emphasis to the bitterness, a preparation where instead of hiding the bitterness , it is the taste around which the dish evolves. Shukto is a traditional Bengali cuisine of mixed vegetables cooked in a light milk and mustard based gravy. This dish is a blend of flavours. 'Bitter Gourd' and 'Radhuni' are the main flavouring of this recipe.

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