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Shukto By Chef Harpal Singh Sokhi

Harpal Singh Sokhi
Shukto is a famous mixed vegetable dish from Bengal. Chef Harpal Singh Sokhi shares the recipe of this traditional Bengali dish.

Serves3

Cooking Time10-20 Min

Meal Typecurry

Preparation Time10-20 Min

DifficultyMEDIUM

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Ingredients

  • For Shukto

    • 1 cup soaked poppy seeds

    • 2-3 tbsp mustard seeds

    • 1 cup mustard oil

    • 1 cup diced eggplant

    • 1 tsp turmeric powder

    • salt to taste

    • 1 cup bitter gourd

    • 1 cup bori

    • 1 raw banana

    • 1 potato

    • 1 sweet potato

    • 1 drum stick

    • 1 radish

    • 1 sheem

    • 1 tsp mustard seeds

    • 1 tsp fennel seeds

    • 1 tsp cumin seeds

    • 1 tsp fenugreek seeds

    • 1 tsp Nigella seeds

    • 2 tbsp ginger paste

    • water as required

    • 1/2 tsp turmeric powder

    • salt to taste

    • 2 cups milk

    • 1 tsp sugar

PREPARATION

  1. 1

    Grind together the soaked poppy seeds and mustard seeds in a mixer.

  2. 2

    Heat mustard oil in a kadhai.

  3. 3

    Add turmeric powder and salt to the diced eggplant and fry them in the mustard oil. Remove on a plate.

  4. 4

    Similarly, fry bitter gourd, bori, raw banana, potato, sweet potato, drum stick, radish and sheem and remove on a plate.

  5. 5

    In the same kadhai, add mustard seeds, fennel seeds, cumin seeds, fenugreek seeds, Nigella seeds, and ginger paste.

  6. 6

    Add water to the poppy seeds and mustard seeds paste and pour it in the kadhai.

  7. 7

    Add turmeric powder, salt, fried vegetables, milk, and sugar to the kadhai, mix well and cook on a high flame for some time.

  8. 8

    Shukto is ready to serve.

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