Muri ghonto is a delicious bengali recipe where fish head is cooked with rice and aromatic spices!
How to make Muri Ghonto-Bengali fish head rice curry
Description
Muri ghonto is a delicious bengali recipe where fish head is cooked with rice and aromatic spices!
Ingredients
Instructions
- Soak rice in water for 20 min at least
- Clean the fish heads well. Coat well with salt and turmeric powder
- Set a pot on medium heat and add 5 tbsp. mustard oil
- Stir fry the potatoes till they are golden brown in color and set aside
- Fry the fish heads till they are crisp
- You may need to cover the fish heads if the oil splatters too much
- Break the fish heads into smaller pieces and make sure it’s fried well
- Take out the fried fish in another bowl
- To the same oil add cumin seeds, bay leaf and slit green chillies
- Stir fry for 30 sec
- Turn down the heat and add turmeric powder, cumin powder, red chilli powder, ginger paste and salt (to taste)
- Stir fry the masala for a few seconds
- Add potatoes and fish in and stir
- Drain off the water from the rice and add the rice in
- Add ghee and stir fry everything for 30 sec
- Add garlic cloves (whole or chopped) and add stir them in
- Add enough hot water to cook the rice through
- Taste the water, check for salt and add more if needed
- Add sugar to taste
- Place the lid on, turn down the heat and let the rice and potatoes cook through
- Add more hot water to let the rice cook fully (if needed)
- Add garam masala powder
- Stir well
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