Muri Ghonto

Name: Muri Ghonto
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: 3 people
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 cup Gobindo bhog Rice; 1 large onion chopped; 1 large potato peeled and cubed; 2 Fish heads (can be Katla or Rohu); 1-2 green chillies slit; 1 tbsp ginger-garlic paste; 1/2 tsp turmeric powder; 1 tsp red chilli powder; 3-4 Tbsp ghee; 3 tsp mustard oil; 1 tsp Garam Masala Powder; 1 tsp salt; 1 tsp cumin seeds; 2 dry red chillies; 1 bay leaf; 1 tsp cumin powder; 1/4 cup pureed tomato; 1/2 tsp sugar

ayndrila dutta @titlis_homekitchen

Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Muri Ghonto is one of the signature dishes from the Bengali Cuisine. We cook it with Rice and Fish head (mostly Rohu Fish/ Rui Mach or Katla fish). Muri stands for Head. We mostly savor it with plain rice. Ghonto is a mushy side dish. It is a basic fish head fried and cooked with rice along with a melange of spices which gives it scrumptious flavors.

ayndrila dutta @titlis_homekitchen

Kolkata, West Bengal, India

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Ingredients

30 minutes

3 people

1 cupGobindo bhog Rice
1large onion chopped
1large potato peeled and cubed
2Fish heads (can be Katla or Rohu)
1-2green chillies slit
1 tbspginger-garlic paste
1/2 tspturmeric powder
1 tspred chilli powder
3-4 Tbspghee
3 tspmustard oil
1 tspGaram Masala Powder
1 tspsalt
1 tspcumin seeds
2dry red chillies
1bay leaf
1 tspcumin powder
1/4 cuppureed tomato
1/2 tspsugar

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Steps

30 minutes

1

Wash the Potato and chop the onions. Peel the potato and cut into cubes and fry and keep aside
2

Smear the fish head after wash with turmeric powder and salt and in a pan in heated mustard oil fry the fish heads. Set aside
3

Wash the rice and drain. Spread the rice on a plate
4

In a wok heat oil & ghee, add dry red chili, cumin seeds, bay leaf and add chopped onions and fry till brown in colour. Add potatoes and then water to make a slurry. Add rice and fry till slightly brown but keep stirring so that it doesn’t burn in the bottom.
5

Add ginger-garlic paste, tomato puree, turmeric powder and red chilli powder. Stir and add salt and sugar to taste. Break the fish heads and add to the rice. Stir very well.
6

Add enough water so that rice would be cooked and potatoes too. The water should be absorbed. Cover but keep stirring in between.
7

Finally add garam masala powder and little ghee. Serve hot.

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ayndrila dutta @titlis_homekitchen

on April 19, 2022 05:21

Kolkata, West Bengal, India

A research chemist by profession and love simplicity. My passion for cooking and art makes me explore new things and I love pursuing them. Being a chemist, it provokes me to do experiments in my kitchen too.Follow my insta handle @titlis_homekitchen