Lauer shukto | Lau Shukto | লাউয়ের শুক্ত | bengali recipes | bengali homemade food | healthy food

Lauer shukto | Lau Shukto | লাউয়ের শুক্ত | bengali recipes | bengali homemade food | healthy food Continuing on the discussion of Bengali vegetarian food, which is so less talked about and yet, so rich and varied, here’s another recipe that’s close to the heart. Lau’er shukto. You didn’t think there was only one kind of shukto right? Here is the full recipe of Lau Shukto, in case you want to cook at home - Ingredients: • 1 medium-sized bottle gourd peeled and chopped into very small cubes (approximately 4-5 cups of chopped bottle gourd) • 1 tsp black mustard seeds • 2-3 dried red chilies • Salt to taste • 4-5 methi seeds (fenugreek seeds) • 1 tsp sugar • 1 tbsp ghee • 1 tbsp vegetable oil • ½ cup matar dal (dried split yellow peas) • 1 tsp ginger paste • ½ cup milk (plus extra if needed) • 1 heaped tsp poppy seed paste • 1 tsp black mustard paste (optional) Wash and soak dal in water overnight or in hot water for 2 hours. Make a paste of the dal with as little water as possible. Grind it into a smooth paste. Take it out in a bowl and add salt and sugar to taste. Then whisk this using your hands till you get a light and airy batter. Heat 4-5 tbsp vegetable oil in a kadai or a non-stick frying pan. In the case of the latter, use less oil. Add a tsp of hot oil to the batter and whisk again. Now using your fingers, add small dollops of batter in the oil, making dumplings. Keep the heat medium to low or else it will burn on the outside. Flip and cook both sides. Take them out of the oil and set them aside. Heat 1-2 tsp vegetable oil and temper it with dried red chilies, mustard seeds, and fenugreek seeds. Add the chopped bottle of gourd. Stir fry this for a couple of minutes and then cover and let it cook. Bottle gourd will release water and this will cook in its own steam. Keep the temp low. Meanwhile, take ginger paste and poppy seed paste in a bowl. Strain black mustard paste using milk instead of water into this. You can skip the mustard and just add milk also. Give this a mix. When the bottle gourd has cooked, add this milk into it and the lentil dumplings. Add salt to taste and sugar. Mix all this well. Keep stirring on medium heat and if you feel that the bottle gourd is all loose and not coming together, add a little more milk and keep stirring. Finally, drizzle ghee and serve hot with rice Hope you enjoyed this recipe. Keep watching this space for more Shukto recipes in the coming days. Meanwhile, don’t forget to save and share the video on your stories. Continuing on the discussion of Bengali vegetarian food, which is so less talked about and yet, so rich and varied, here’s another recipe that’s close to the heart. Lau’er shukto. You didn’t think there was only one kind of shukto right? Bengali cuisine has always followed seasonality and now, with vegetables available around the year, we still prefer to eat the vegetables in season. Bottle gourd is a beautiful cooling vegetable and so much can be done with it like this shukto. It’s simple with a tempering of black mustard seeds, methi seeds, and dried red chilies. The hint of freshly grated ginger coupled with ghee, in the end, is an added bonus. The only effort here is the motor dal’er bora which is time-consuming but with modern-day gadgets, is it really? And this is just the beginning of shukto Follow us for more recipes. Website- https://www.pikturenama.com/ Facebook -   / .  . Instagram -   / pikturenama   Twitter -   / anindya0909   For food Photography and content creation, you can get in touch with us at https://pikturenamastudios.com/ Music: Pawan Krishna - Golden Night    • Pawan Krishna - Golden Night (Royalty Free...   Thank you for being with us. #bengalirecipe #bengalifood #bengalicuisine #homemade #summerspecial #summer #summervibes #summerfoods #bengalivegrecipes #vegeterianrecipe #bengalirecipe #bengalitraditionalfood