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Shukto.

You can cook Shukto using 18 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Shukto

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

Shukto instructions

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..