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Machher shukta

Machher shukta

Shukto or Shukta is a vegetarian recipe which has become a traditional delicacy from Bengal prepared only during weddings or any other big family gatherings or festivals. It is a complicated dish which needs elaborate preparation and has become a lost recipe nowadays rarely cooked in Bengali homes.
Course Appetizer, Side Dish
Cuisine Bengali, East Indian
Keyword bong connection, fish recipes, Indiani recipes, seafood lovers, shukta
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Servings 4 persons
Author indrani

Ingredients

Ingredients

Vegetables

  • 2 cups of vegetables containing:
  • Brinjal cut into long pieces
  • Potatoes cut vertically into pieces
  • Green bananas cut into pieces
  • Cauliflower cut into small pieces
  • Bitter gourd optional

Fish

  • 5 to 6 pieces of Carp fish

Whole Spices

  • 1 tsp celery seeds
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1 or 2 dried red chili
  • 1 tsp paanch phoran Bengali 5 spices mix

Spice paste

  • 1 tbsp mustard paste
  • 2 tbsp poppy seeds paste
  • 1 cup milk

Oil

  • 1/4 th cup mustard oil
  • 2 tbsp clarified butter

Instructions

Preparations

  1. Smear the fish pieces with turmeric and salt
  2. Heat mustard oil till smoking
  3. Fry the fish pieces till light brown on all sides
  4. fry the vegetables and take out
  5. Add celery seeds, dried chili and bay leaves as seasoning.
  6. saute ginger paste followed by mustard paste.
  7. Add poppy seeds paste and saute
  8. Add 1/2 cup of water and salt.
  9. Add the vegetables and simmer on slow flame.
  10. When the vegetables are tender add milk
  11. Add the fish pieces at this stage and cover cook.
  12. Add clarified butter,green chilies .
  13. Roast the five spices mix and powder them.
  14. Sprinkle on the cooked vegetable.
  15. Serve hot with rice.

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