Muri ghonto

Name: Muri ghonto
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: 3 persons
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 2 fish head,cut into pieces (try to use head of 1.5kg katla fish); 2 cups gobindobhog rice; 2 medium size potatoes,cut into cubes; 2 medium size onions,sliced; 1 t tomato,cut into pieces; 1 tsp ginger paste; 1/2 tsp garlic paste; 1 bay leaf; 1/2 tsp cumin seeds; 2 dry whole red chillies; 5-6 cloves; 3-4 green cardamom; 1 " cinnamon stick; 1 tsp turmeric powder; 1 tsp cumin powder; 2 tsp sugar; 2 tbsp or as per taste salt; 1 tsp clarified butter/ ghee; 6-7 tbsp mustard oil; 1-2 green chillies,splited; 4 cups hot water

Debjani Dutta @cook_14360896

Kolkata

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Muri ghonto is bengali delicacy.Muri means head,ghonto means mushy.It is a great mixture of fish head,potato chunks and rice ,basmati rice can also be used instead of gobindobhog rice.

Debjani Dutta @cook_14360896

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Ingredients

30 minutes

3 persons

2fish head,cut into pieces (try to use head of 1.5kg katla fish)
2 cupsgobindobhog rice
2medium size potatoes,cut into cubes
2medium size onions,sliced
1 ttomato,cut into pieces
1 tspginger paste
1/2 tspgarlic paste
1bay leaf
1/2 tspcumin seeds
2dry whole red chillies
5-6cloves
3-4green cardamom
1 "cinnamon stick
1 tspturmeric powder
1 tspcumin powder
2 tspsugar
2 tbsp or as per tastesalt
1 tspclarified butter/ ghee
6-7 tbspmustard oil
1-2green chillies,splited
4 cupshot water

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Steps

30 minutes

1

Clean and wash fish head, marinate with turmeric powder and salt, then keep for 10 minutes, meanwhile wash and drain rice after soaking it for 15 minutes.
2

Heat oil in a heavy bottomed deep pan, fry marinated fish head for around 6-7 minutes or till the fish head turns golden brown in colour, remove from oil and keep aside.
3

Marinate potatoes with little turmeric powder and salt, then in same oil, fry till light brown, strain from oil and keep aside.
4

Now in same oil, add dry red chillies, bay leaf, cumin seeds, cloves, green cardamom, cinnamon, saute for couple of seconds.
5

Add sliced onions, fry it for couple of minutes or till onions turn golden brown..
6

Add rice, fry till it changes it colour and turns transparent.
7

Add ginger and garlic paste, turmeric powder, cumin powder, salt, sugar, tomatoes cook in medium flame for 2-3 minutes.
8

Add fried potatoes,stir and mix well.
9

Add fried fish head,mix gently.
10

Add hot water along with green chillies, cover the pan and cook in high flame for 5 minutes, then simmer for another 10 minutes,.
11

Lastly add ghee and switch off the flame after mixing properly.
12

Serve hot and enjoy.