Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, shukto. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Shukto is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. Shukto is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They are nice and they look fantastic.

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.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook shukto using 18 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Shukto:

1. Prepare 1 cup raddish, diced
2. Prepare 1 cup green plantain, diced
3. Prepare 1 cup green papaya, diced
4. Get 7-8 broad beans, chopped into half
5. Get 1 cup yam, diced
6. Take 1 small potato, diced
7. Prepare 1/2 cup bitter gourd, sliced
8. Prepare 2-3 tbsp mustard oil
9. Get 6-7 bori (lentil dumplings / mangodi / vadi)
10. Get 1 whole dry red chilli
11. Take 1 tsp panch phoron (equal quantity of fennel, mustard, cumin, fenugreek & nigella seeds
12. Prepare 2 bay leaves
13. Prepare to taste salt
14. Get 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
15. Get 2 tbsp mustard paste / kasundi
16. Get 1/2 cup milk
17. Prepare 1 tsp ghee
18. Make ready 1/2 tsp sugar (opttional)

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 which people from opar bangla or Bangladesh call shuktoni is actually the result of Portuguese influence from colonization in the pre British era when the use of milk in a savory vegetable dish was tried. The fried lentil dumplings or bori is another delightful part of Shukto which adds a nice bite to the dish.

Steps to make Shukto:

1. Heat 1 tbsp. oil in a pan and fry the bori till golden brown in colour. Drain and keep aside. In the same oil fry the sliced bitter gourd till light golden brown and keep aside.
2. Heat the remaining of the oil and temper with the dry red chilli, bay leaves and the panch phoron.
3. After it stops spluttering, add the chopped veggies and saute on low flame for 5-7 minutes till light brown. Add 11/2 cups water, fried bori, salt and turmeric powder.
4. Cover and cook on low flame till the veggies turns soft and the gravy is slightly reduced. Now add the milk, ghee, sugar and mustard paste. Simmer for 2-3 minutes and serve with steamed rice.

I remember as a child I used to Shukto. Shukto is a traditional bangali recipe. Shukto is made of many vegetables. It is a very very popular Bengali cuisine. Shukto is a traditional Bengali cuisine of mixed vegetables cooked in a light milk and mustard based gravy.

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