Bengali Labra Recipe For Your Vegetarian Durga Puja Feast
By Shreya Goswami
October 17, 2023
A delicious medley of vegetables, cooked with simple spices and served during the mahabhog during Durga Puja, Labra is a must-have dish from Bengali cuisine. Here’s the easy recipe you can try out now.
Ingredients
½ cup pumpkin, chopped ½ cup potato, chopped ½ cup cauliflower florets ½ cup eggplant, chopped ½ cup broad beans, chopped ½ cup drumsticks, chopped ½ cup coconut paste 2 bay leaves 2 dry red chillies 1 tsp panch phoron ¼ tsp asafoetida
Ingredients
1 tsp turmeric powder 1 tsp cumin powder 1 tsp coriander powder ½ tbsp ginger paste Salt, to taste 1 tsp sugar ½ cup mustard oil ½ cup water 1 tsp Bengali bhaja moshla 1 tsp ghee, for garnish
Step 1
Heat the oil in a wok and add the bay leaves, red chillies, panch phoron and asafoetida.
Step 2
Once these stop spluttering, add the potatoes and the other vegetables one by one.
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Step 3
Mix well, then add the powdered spices, salt, ginger paste and continue cooking until the vegetables are half cooked.
Step 4
Now add the coconut paste, water and cover to cook until the veggies are ready and the water has dried out.
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Step 5
Garnish the Labra with ghee and bhaja moshla, then serve with hot with Khichuri.
