Yields:
6 Servings
Difficulty: Difficult
Prep Time: 20 Mins
Cook Time:
1 Hr
Total Time:
1 Hr 20 Mins
Labra
- Prep Time: 20 mins
- Cook Time: 60 mins
- Total Time: 1 hour 20 minutes
- Yield: 6 1x
Description
Labra is cooked with a variety of vegetables. Labra is made generally during special occasions but it is a must during Durga puja and Bengali Lakshmi puja. Family recipes differ as to which vegetable goes into the labra. Labra is generally accompanied with khichuri.
Scale
Ingredients
- 500 gm Pumpkin
- 6 Eggplant (brinjal) – small ones
- 1 Cauliflower – small cut into florets
- 2 Sweet Potato – medium size
- 2 Potato – medium size
- 8 to 10 nos. Broad Beans
- 8 to 10 Lentil Dumplings/Bori/Wadi (store bought)
- 2 Tomato – medium size
- 4 Bay Leaves
- 4 Whole Red Dry Chili
- 1 tsp Ginger Paste
- 1 tsp Paanch Phoron
- 1 tsp Sugar
- 1 tsp Turmeric Powder
- 4 Green Chili – slit length wise
- 1 tsp Jeera Powder
- 1 tbsp Ghee
- 3 tbsp Mustard Oil
Instructions
- All the vegetables are cut into large chunks about 4 cm uniformly.The vegetables are cooked in a particular order, the ones which take time to cook go in first.
- Saute the wadi in oil till it turns golden brown. Keep aside.
- Heat oil.
- Add bay leaves and dry red chili.
- Now add the paanch phoron and let it splutter.
- Add green chilies and ginger paste. Saute on low so as not to burn the spices.
- Add tomatoes and saute.
- Add salt, turmeric powder and jeera powder and mix well.
- Now add the vegetables one by one. First add the potatoes. Cover and cook for 3 to 4 minutes.
- Now add the pumpkin and saute. Cover and cook for a minute.
- Now add the broad beans and mix well. Cover and cook for a minute.
- Add the cauliflowers and the eggplant. Cover and cook for 2 to 3 minutes.
- Add sugar, mix well and cover. Cook for 4 to 5 minutes or till the vegetables become soft.
- Garnish with fresh coriander, bori and ghee. Cover for 10 minutes before serving. Serve with Khichuri or rice.
Notes
Paanch phoron includes an equal quantity of five spices- cumin seeds, nigella seeds, fenugreek seeds, fennel seeds, and mustard seeds.
Keywords: labra
