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Shukto

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Shukto is a Bengali vegetable dish, popular in the West Bengal state of India and in Bangladesh, usually served with rice and known for a slightly bitter taste drawn from ingredients such as bitter gourd, drumstick, plantain, eggplant, potato and mustard paste. It is frequently served at Bengali religious and social banquets, including annaprasana, sraddhya and wedding ceremonies, as part of a traditional Bengali thali, and its custom of opening a meal with a bitter dish traces to ancient practice in the historic Bengal kingdoms.

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Origin Region
Bengal (West Bengal, India, and Bangladesh) 1
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In Cuisine

Bengali Cuisine, Cuisines
Source Shukto - Wikipedia

Uses Ingredient

Chili Pepper, Ingredients
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Eggplant, Ingredients
Source Shukto - Wikipedia
Ghee, Ingredients
Source Shukto - Wikipedia
Ginger, Ingredients
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Green Bean, Ingredients
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Hyacinth Bean, Ingredients
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Milk, Ingredients
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Mustard, Ingredients
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Mustard Oil, Ingredients
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Potato, Ingredients
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Salt, Ingredients
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Sweet Potato, Ingredients
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Turmeric, Ingredients
Source Shukto - Wikipedia
In the Other Atlases
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Bengal, originated there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: India, originated there.
Sources
1. Shukto - Wikipedia
  • Lead paragraph
    is a popular vegetable dish in Bengali cuisine usually served with rice in the West Bengal state of India and in the neighbouring country Bangladesh.
  • Uses Ingredient: Eggplant, Infobox food/dish main_ingredient field
  • Uses Ingredient: Potato, Infobox food/dish main_ingredient field
  • Uses Ingredient: Sweet Potato, Infobox food/dish main_ingredient field
  • Uses Ingredient: Chili Pepper, Infobox food/dish main_ingredient field
  • Uses Ingredient: Mustard, Infobox food/dish main_ingredient field
  • Uses Ingredient: Ginger, Infobox food/dish main_ingredient field
  • Uses Ingredient: Green Bean, Infobox food/dish main_ingredient field
  • Uses Ingredient: Hyacinth Bean, Infobox food/dish main_ingredient field
  • Uses Ingredient: Turmeric, Infobox food/dish main_ingredient field
  • Uses Ingredient: Mustard Oil, Infobox food/dish main_ingredient field
  • Uses Ingredient: Milk, Infobox food/dish main_ingredient field
  • Uses Ingredient: Ghee, Infobox food/dish main_ingredient field
  • Uses Ingredient: Salt, Infobox food/dish main_ingredient field
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