Recipe: Appetizing Neem Shukto (Mixed Veg. Curry with Neem Leaves)

Neem Shukto (Mixed Veg. Curry with Neem Leaves). Neem Shukto is a summer special most healthy and tasty Bengali Veg Dish making with Neem pata and other vegetables. It is one of the best Bengali vegetarian. Shukto - Pure Traditional Bengali Recipe Shukto - Authentic Bengali Food with Mixed Vegetables.

Shukto Bengali recipe or Traditional Bengali Shukto Recipe / শুক্ত- this is very popular niramish Mix veg curry in Bengal. Bengali food is always famous for. Neem Begun Shukto torkari with Tangra Mach. You can have Neem Shukto (Mixed Veg. Curry with Neem Leaves) using 18 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Neem Shukto (Mixed Veg. Curry with Neem Leaves)

1. It's 4 cups of mixed veggies, cut lengthwise.
2. It's of (carrot, beans, pointed gourd, raw banana, raw papaya & pumpkin).
3. You need as needed of few neem leaves to cook.
4. It's as needed of few neem leaves to garnish.
5. It's 2-3 tbsp. of mustard oil.
6. It's 10-12 of bori (lentil dumplings / mangodi / vadi).
7. It's 1-2 of whole dry red chilies.
8. You need 2 of bay leaves.
9. It's 1 tsp. of panch phoron (equal quantity of fennel, mustard, cumin, fenugreek & nigella seeds.
10. Prepare to taste of salt.
11. Prepare 1-2 of green chilies, slit.
12. It's 1 tsp. of cumin powder.
13. You need 1/2 tsp. of turmeric powder (opt).
14. You need 1 tbsp. of mustard seeds.
15. Prepare 1/2 tsp. of radhuni (celery seeds).
16. Prepare 1/2 cup of milk.
17. Prepare 1 tsp. of sugar.
18. You need 1 tsp. of ghee.

Shukto is a Bengali Mixed vegetarian dish comprising of several veggies & Bong's have it as part of Lunch with rice especially on auspicious occasions. Shukto invokes mixed feelings to me. The reason, this is not a frequent star recipe in our home. This one is only restricted to our weekend elaborate cooking affair when I rarely take pictures for the blog.

Neem Shukto (Mixed Veg. Curry with Neem Leaves) instructions

1. Grind the mustard seeds and the radhuni (celery seeds) along with some water into a fine paste. Keep aside..
2. Heat oil in a pan and fry the bori (till golden brown) and the neem leaves (meant to garnish) separately. Drain and keep aside..
3. Temper the same oil with the dry red chilies, bay leaves and the panch phoron. Allow it to splutter..
4. Add the chopped veggies, all the dry spices and.......
5. .....neem leaves (meant to cook). Saute on low flame for 4-5 minutes..
6. Add 1&1/2 cups water and green chilies. Simmer, covered on a low flame till the veggies are cooked..
7. When done, add the mustard paste, milk, ghee, sugar and fried vadi. Simmer for 2-3 minutes and then switch off the flame..
8. Serve with hot steamed rice at the beginning of a full course meal..

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