Sukto is a vegetable medley prepared in Bengali household. It consists an array of vegetables. Bitter gourd is the main ingredient of this dish and the other vegetables in this recipe are pumpkin, plantain, sweet potato, ridge gourd, drumsticks, eggplant and raw papaya.
Dried lentil dumplings (badi) is also a important ingredients for making sukto. It tempers with a spice called radhuni, it can be substitute with dill seeds.
If both are unavailable then methi seeds can be used. Poppy seed paste and mustard paste are used along with milk and ghee, but in sukto we never use green chilies. It is an authentic Bengali dish and it is served only at lunch time as a first item in menu with hot steamed rice.Â
Serve Sukto along with Steamed Rice for your weekday lunch. You can also make other vegetables along with this recipes such as Bengali Jhinge Narkol Chenchki or Aloo Posto to complete the meal.
If you like this recipe, you can also try other Bengali Recipes such as
- Bengali Style Lau Die Tetor Dal
- Bengali Style Raw Jackfruit Curry Recipe
- Bengali Potol Bhaja Recipe