Bidisha's Corner

Thursday 18 September 2014

Labra Pujo badir.......Mixed Vegetable Bengali style

Its one among the recipes during puja at every bengali household or pandals. Here in-numerous number of vegetables are added, and that adds the taste to the curry. This is most followed with khichudi during puja celebrations.

INGREDIENTS:
Diced potatoes (2).
Diced Tomatoes (3-4).
Cauliflower diced (1).
Brinjal diced (1).
Diced pumpkin (1 cup).
Beans slit (5-10).
Carrot diced (1).
Green peas (4-5). SOS
Potol diced (4-5).
Bottle gourd diced (1 cup).
Salt to taste.
Red chilli powder (2 Tsp).
Turmeric powder (1 Tsp).
Ginger paste (1 TBs).
Bay leaves (2-3), Fennel seeds (1 Tsp).
Dried red chilli (2-3), Cumin seeds (1 Tsp).
Mustard oil for cooking.
Ghee (2 Tsp), Sugar (1 Tsp), Garam masala powder (1 Tsp).

PROCEDURE:
Heat oil in a pan, add bay leaves, fennel seeds, cumin seeds, dried red chilli and as they pop up add one by one all the washed vegetables to it, saute all together, add salt, ginger paste and cook in closed. Stir occasionally, you will find water emitting from vegetables and getting cooked in the self emitted water, add chilli powder and turmeric powder and cook, allow it to cook till all the vegetables gets softer and all water is evapotaed and contents are cooked well, now add ghee, sugar and garam masala powder and stir well. Off the flame and serve it hot with rice.

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