Muri ghonto/Bengali fish head with rice
Muri ghonto/Bengali fish head with rice

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Muri ghonto/Bengali fish head with rice is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look wonderful. Muri ghonto/Bengali fish head with rice is something that I have loved my whole life.

Muri Ghonto is one of the signature dishes from the Bengali Cuisine. This is prepared with Rice and Fishhead (mostly Rehu Fish/ Rui Mach or Katla fish). We mostly savor it with plain rice.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook muri ghonto/bengali fish head with rice using 19 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Muri ghonto/Bengali fish head with rice:
  1. Take 1 Fish head of katla fish
  2. Make ready 1/2 cup gobindobhog/basmati rice
  3. Make ready 1 big potato cut into cubes
  4. Make ready 1 cup cauliflower florets
  5. Take 3-4 green chilies
  6. Prepare 1 cinnamon stick
  7. Prepare 5-6 elaichi/cardamom
  8. Take 1/4 teaspoon whole cumin
  9. Prepare 2 bay leaves
  10. Take 2 onions thinly sliced
  11. Prepare 2 teaspoons ginger paste
  12. Make ready 1 tomato finely chopped
  13. Take 2 teaspoons garlic paste
  14. Get 1 +1 teaspoon turmeric powder
  15. Get 1 teaspoon cumin powder
  16. Prepare 6 tablespoons mustard oil or any cooking oil
  17. Make ready to taste Salt
  18. Make ready 1 teaspoon ghee
  19. Take 1 teaspoon red chilli powder(optional)

A favourite of the elder sister and her husband, this fish head and rice mishmash has even travelled from Ahmedabad to Kolkata with us by flight! Macher Matha diye Pulao vs Muri Ghonto. Muri Ghonto is a very popular traditional Bengali fish head recipe which includes cooking the fish head with gobindobhog rice (Bengali short-grained rice), potato, and spices. Although it is made with rice, it is considered as a side-dish. and is usually served with rice and other side dishes.

Instructions to make Muri ghonto/Bengali fish head with rice:
  1. Wash the fish head thoroughly and rub 1 teaspoon of turmeric powder and salt and keep aside.
  2. In another vessel, wash the rice and keep aside.
  3. Take a kadhai/pan, add the oil and heat it. To the hot oil add the fish head and fry them properly till the raw smell is gone. Remove the fish head and keep them aside.
  4. Now, add the potatoes and cauliflower florets to the hot oil and fry. Keep them aside.
  5. Add more oil if required. To the same oil add whole cumin, bay leaves, elaichi, cinnamon stick and fry for a minute till you get the aroma of the spices. Now, add the sliced onions and fry till they become translucent and slightly golden.
  6. Add the turmeric powder, cumin powder, red chilli powder and salt. Add the ginger, garlic paste, green chilies and tomatoes. Stir till the raw smell of tomatoes goes away.
  7. Now, add the soaked rice and stir for 1 minute. Stir till oil comes out of the mixture. Now, add about 2 cups of water and also add the fried potatoes and cauliflower.
  8. Meanwhile, break the fish head into small pieces and add the pieces at this point. Continue cooking till the rice and veggies are cooked properly.
  9. Continue cooking till the rice and veggies are cooked properly. Reduce the water such that it is not absolutely dry as polao nor as watery as jhol/soup. Add the ghee before turning off the flame.

MAACHER MATHA'R GHONTO RECIPE This popular fish head curry recipe has mixed origin. In Bengali households, fish heads are mostly cooked with various Indian spices alongwith a cup of rice. Yes, a cup of rice is the key ingredient that makes the preparation Muri Ghonto. The spices like garam masala powder composed… Muri ghonto is an authentic Bengali dish, where the Rohu/Katla fish head is cooked with flavorful rice like Gobindo Bhog Chal. Gobindo Bhog Chal is only available is Bengal.

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