How to make Dal Shuktani

Today I will share How to make Dal Shuktani, a ubiquitous recipe of Bengalis on summer days. Many people know it as a ‘Sobji diye tetor dal’ or ‘Shukto dal’. It is a straightforward and healthy recipe, which goes well with rice and curry.

Equipment used

• Big pan
• Frying pan/kadai
• Big bowl
• Spatula

Ingredients

• Moong dal-3/4 cup
• Bitter gourd-1
• Papaya (curry cut)-1/2 cup
• Ridge gourd (curry cut)-1/2 cup
• Long beans (curry cut)—1/2 cup
• Cumin -1/2 tbsp
• Turmeric powder-1/2 tbsp
• Shukto masala (dry roast panchphoron, radhuni, and red chili in a 2:2:1 ratio, let them cool down to room temperature and make a powder)
• Ghee -1/2 tbsp
• Mustard oil-2.5 tbsp
• Sugar-1/4^th tbsp
• salt
• Red chili-3

How to make Dal Shuktani

Heat 1 tbsp oil in a kadai and add the slices of bitter gourd and fry them well

Once fried, and then take them out of the oil

Heat half tbsp oil in a pan and add 1/4^th tbsp cumin for tempering

Then add the moong dal and sauté them till it changes its color( simultaneously a nice aroma starts coming)

Then add 2 cups of water; and add long beans

Now add the curry cut ridge gourd

And also add the papaya

Add turmeric powder

Then add the Shukto powder

Now add sugar and salt

Allow the dal to cook in low heat for 15-20 minutes without cover, and then turn off the heat, when the dal cooked properly and became a little thick consistency

Heat oil in a kadai; add cumin and red chili for tempering

As they splutter and sizzle, pour the cooked dal very carefully

Mix them well

Add the fried bitter gourd

And turn off the heat

Transfer the dal to a serving plate and serve it hot with rice and curry

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How to make Dal Shuktani

Today I will share How to make Dal Shuktani, which is a verycommon recipe of Bengalis in summer days. Many people know it as a ‘Sobji diye tetor dal’ or ‘Shukto dal’. It is a very simple andhealthy recipe, which goes well with rice and curry.

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 25 minutes mins

Total Time 40 minutes mins

Course dal

Cuisine Bengali

Servings 4

Calories

Equipment

• big pan
• A kadai or a fry pan
• Spatula
• big bowl

Ingredients

  

• 3/4 cup Moongdal
• 1/2 cup papaya(currycut)
• 1 Bitter gourd/ karela
• 1/2 cup ridge gourd(currycut)
• 1/2 cup Borboti/ Long Yard Beans(currycut)
• 1/2 tbsp cumin seeds
• 1/2 tbsp  turmeric powder
• 1/2 tbsp Shukto masala (dry roast panchphoron , radhuni and red chiliin 2:2:1 ratio, let them cool down to room temperature and make a powder)
• 2.5 tbsp Mustard oil
• 3 red chili
• 1/4 tbsp sugar
• salt

Instructions

 

• Heat 1 tbsp oil in a kadai and add the slices of bittergourd and fry them well
• Once fried, and then take them out from the oil
• Heat half tbsp oil in a pan and add 1/4^th tbspcumin for tempering
• Then add the moong dal and sauté them till it changes itscolor( simultaneously a nice aroma starts coming)
• Then add 2 cups of water; and add long beans
• Now add the curry cut ridge gourd
• And also add the papaya
• Add turmeric powder
• Then add the Shukto powder
• Now add sugar and salt
• Allow the dal to cook in low heat for 15-20 minutes withoutcover, and then turn off the heat, when the dal cooked properly and became alittle thick consistency
• Heat oil in a kadai; add cumin and red chili for tempering
• As they splutter and sizzle, pour the cooked dal verycarefully
• Mix them well
• Add the fried bitter gourd
• And turn off the heat
• And turn off the heat