Hey everyone, it is me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, shukto. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look 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 favored of recent trending meals on earth. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Shukto is something which I’ve loved my entire life.

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

The ingredients needed to make Shukto:

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

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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