Palang Shaak Ghonto

Ingredients

• 1 cup spinach
• 1 medium size Aubergine
• 2 medium size potatoes
• 2 medium size sweet potatoes
• 1/2 cup pumpkin
• 2 Radish
• 3-4 Sheem
• 5-7 Bori
• 2-3 Green chilies slit
• 1 tsp cumin powder
• 1 tsp turmeric powder
• leaf Bay
• 1/2 tsp nigella seeds
• 2 dry red chilies
• Salt
• Sugar
• 6-7 Tbsp Mustard oil

Steps

1. Cut all the vegetables after peeling for potato, sweet potato, pumpkin, radish. Cut Sheem, Aubergine, set aside. Wash the Spinach well and cut the stalks and leaves and put in a bowl with hot water to Blanch
2. In a pan heat mustard oil and fry the Bori first until golden and set aside. Then add Aubergine and fry covered until golden, set aside
3. Add bay leaf, dry red chillies to oil and nigella seeds, stir for 1 min. Add potatoes first and cook covered for 2 mins. Add radish, sweet potato and pumpkin and cook covered for 2-3 mins. Add Sheem and cook covered for 2-3 mins
4. Add cumin powder, turmeric powder and stir well. Add spinach and stir. Cover to cook for 6 mins in between stirring
5. Add slit green chilies and stir well. Add fried Aubergine and Bori and cook covered for 3-4 mins. Add salt and sugar and stir well.
6. Add garam masala powder and stir once, set aside
7. Plate with Steamed Rice and Masoor Dal and enjoy a Bengali delicacy