Recipe: At Home Palak with mix vegetables/ palong sak er ghonto

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Palak with mix vegetables/ palong sak er ghonto. Palong Shaker Ghonto is basically a Vegetarian dish prepared with various veggies that include Eggplant, Radish, Potato etc. and obviously Spinach plays the lead role! In Bengali, Ghonto stands for a semi massed mixed-Veg and it is mostly tempered with Bengali five spices which are known as Panch Phoron. Here I must mention, I do use the radish leaves as well along with.

It is very delicious easy Bengali recipe.

Palong Saag is also known as Palak or Palang.

Alongside fish, you will find usage of several vegetables, pulses and local spices in this cuisine, striking a balance between health and taste on your plate.

You can cook Palak with mix vegetables/ palong sak er ghonto using 19 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Palak with mix vegetables/ palong sak er ghonto

1. Prepare 2 bunches of Palak, cleaned and medium chopped.

2. It’s 400 grams of Pumpkin.

3. Prepare 2 of medium radishes.

4. It’s 2 of medium Potatoes.

5. You need 2 of medium carrots.

6. It’s 2 of eggplants small.

7. You need 1 tsp of turmeric powder.

8. You need 1 tsp of chilli powder.

9. It’s 1 tsp of cumin powder.

10. Prepare 1 tsp of coriander powder.

11. It’s 2 of green chillies optional.

12. Prepare 1/2 tsp of poppy seeds paste.

13. It’s 1/2 tsp of Mustard seeds paste.

14. It’s 2 tsp of oil.

15. You need For of tempering:.

16. You need 2 of bay leaves.

17. Prepare 2 of red chillies.

18. Prepare 1 tsp of Bengali.

19. It’s 5 of spices mix( cumin, Fenugreek, mustard, fennel, black cummin).

One such popular recipe is 'palong shaak ghonto'.

Palong shaak in Bengali stands for spinach (or palak) and ghonto is referred to as mish-mash or mixture.

This Palang Shaak er Ghonto or Spinach with a medley of vegetables is cooked a little different from my Mom's.

Every home has its own little tradition of cooking the exact same dish and so taste of the same dish varies from one home to other.

Palak with mix vegetables/ palong sak er ghonto step by step

1. Chop all the vegetables..

2. Add tempering to pan after heating oil. Then add vegetables except pumpkin and eggplant. Cook the veggies upto half cook then add remaining pumpkin and eggplant. Cook for more 5 mins..

3. Add palak, mix properly with the veggies. Add cumin powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder, salt and mix and cook untill palak gets cook..

4. Add poppy paste, mix, then add little sugar. Dont cook more after putting poppy seeds, maximum for 1 min. Cover the lid. Palak veggies are done..

5. Serve hot with roti, steam rice or khichdi..

While my Mom uses dhone-jire-ada bata, this one solely relies on Paanch Phoron and Roasted Cumin powder (Bhaja Jire Guro) to create magic.

Palong Shaker Ghonto requires only roughly chopped spinach, so this way the Saag can be chopped real fast.

The bori or vadis add a nice bite to the dish and though I am not really picky, but Urad Dal or kolai er dal Bodi go best for this recipe.

With these greens I made a saag/shaak ghonto.

My Ma would do this with spinach and call it palang shaak er ghonto (spinach cooked with a medley of vegetables).