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Sukto Recipe

By Madhumita

Sukto Recipe

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.

Ingredients for preparing Sukto:

  • Bitter gourd : 100 gm (sliced)
  • Potato : 1 piece (boiled & sliced)
  • Brinjal/Eggplant : 1 piece (sliced)
  • Radish : 1 piece (sliced)
  • Raw banana (plantain) : 1 piece (sliced)
  • Flat beans : 50 gm (cut out the two end points)
  • Yard long beans/barbatti : 100 gm (cut into 2” long strips)
  • Drumstick : 50 gm (cut into 2” long strips)
  • Five spices : ½ tsp
  • Whole mustard seeds : ½ tsp
  • Mustard seed paste : 2 tbsp
  • Ghee/clarified butter : 1 tbsp
  • Oil : 9 tbsp
  • Bori : 50 gm
  • Dry red chilli : 1 piece
  • Bay leaf : 1 piece
  • Salt : to taste
  • Sugar : ½ tsp
  • Turmeric powder : ½ tsp
  • Ginger paste : 1 tbsp

Procedure for preparing Sukto:

  • 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.

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