Sukto
(from anadnab18’s recipe box)
Sukto is a traditional Bengali dish made many vegetables & at least one bitter vegetable with a pinch of sugar to adjust the bitterness. Without this typical Bengali menu is just incomplete. It is very popular in Bangladesh & West Bengal district in India.
Source: http://whatanindianrecipe.com/east-indian/bengali-shukto-recipe.html
Categories: Veg - Curry
Ingredients
- 1. Bitter gourd : 100 gm (sliced)
- 2. Potato : 1 piece (boiled & sliced)
- 3. Brinjal/Eggplant : 1 piece (sliced)
- 4. Radish : 1 piece (sliced)
- 5. Raw banana (plantain) : 1 piece (sliced)
- 6. Flat beans : 50 gm (cut out the two end points)
- 7. Yard long beans/barbatti : 100 gm (cut into 2” long strips)
- 8. Drumstick : 50 gm (cut into 2” long strips)
- 9. Five spices : 1/2 tsp
- 10. Whole mustard seeds : 1/2 tsp
- 11. Mustard seed paste : 2 tbsp
- 12. Ghee/clarified butter : 1 tbsp
- 13. Oil : 9 tbsp
- 14. Bori : 50 gm
- 15. Dry red chilli : 1 piece
- 16. Bay leaf : 1 piece
- 17. Salt : to taste
- 18. Sugar : 1/2 tsp
- 19. Turmeric powder : 1/2 tsp
- 20. Ginger paste : 1 tbsp
Directions
- Heat 4 tbsp of oil in a wok.
- Add bori to the oil. Fry till brown.
- Take out the bori. Keep aside.
- Add more 4 tbsp of oil.
- Add bitter gourd. Fry till golden brown.
- Take out & keep aside.
- Add raw banana, potato, radish, brinjal, flat beans, long yard beans, drumstick one by one in the rest of the oil. Stir for 3 minutes.
- Add salt, sugar, turmeric powder & ginger paste. Stir well for more 2 minutes.
- Pour 4 cups of water. Cover & cook for 5 minutes.
- Remove this vegetable mixture from heat & keep aside.
- Heat 1 tbsp of oil & ghee in a separate wok.
- Add bay leaf, dry red chilli, five spices, whole mustard seeds & stir aroma releases.
- Add the vegetable mixture & mustard seed paste.
- Add fried bori & bitter gourd.
- Boil till it thickens.
- Remove from heat & serve sukto with steamed rice.