Muri Ghonto (Fish head curry with lentils)

Name: Muri Ghonto (Fish head curry with lentils)
Total time: 3600 s
Yield: 2 people
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 2 catla/rohu fish head; 2/3 cup moong dal; 1 small onion; Half tomato; 1 1/2 tsp ginger-garlic paste; 1 tsp coriander-cumin powder; as required Turmeric powder; to taste Salt; 1-2 slit green chillies; 1/2 tsp garam masala powder; 1 tsp ghee; as required Oil; 1 tsp sugar; as needed Khada garam masalas; 1/2 tsp sabut jeera; 1 dried red chilli, a bay leaf; 1 pinch hing

Sudeshna Rajib Das @cook_85882015

New Delhi

It's an authentic Bengali delicacy

Sudeshna Rajib Das @cook_85882015

New Delhi

It's an authentic Bengali delicacy

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Ingredients

1 hour

2 people

2catla/rohu fish head
2/3 cup moong dal
1small onion
Halftomato
1 1/2 tsp ginger-garlic paste
1 tspcoriander-cumin powder
as requiredTurmeric powder
to tasteSalt
1-2slit green chillies
1/2 tspgaram masala powder
1 tspghee
as requiredOil
1 tsp sugar
as neededKhada garam masalas
1/2 tspsabut jeera
1dried red chilli, a bay leaf
1 pinchhing

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Steps

1 hour

1

Wash the fish head properly & add salt and turmeric powder to it, coat them well. Now heat a pan, add oil in it and shallow fry the heads properly.
2

Till the time the head pieces gets fried, take another pan or kadai & dry roast the dal for about 2 mins then immediately remove it from the kadai or else the dal may get burnt. Then boil the dal for 3 to 4 whistles.
3

Now when the fish-head gets fried, remove them in a plate, now break them into large pieces as shown in the image. Don't break into small pieces, otherwise the fish bones will completely get mixed with the dal. Now keep it aside.
4

Now in the same pan add sum more oil if required. Heat the oil & put sabut jeera, khada garam masalas, bay leaf, dried red chilli. Now when it starts spluttering, add a pinch of hing. Now add onion, tomato pieces, slit green chillies, ginger-garlic paste. Then add coriander-cumin powder, turmeric powder, salt sugar and fry everything well.
5

When it's half done, add the fish head pieces into it & fry them with the masalas untill oil starts seperating from the masalas. Now add the boiled dal into it, then cover it & cook it in a low flame for about 5 to 7 mins. At last add garam masala powder and a tsp of ghee to it and serve hot with rice.