Fish Head Lentil Curry - Bengali Style
Fish Head Lentil Curry - Bengali Style

Hello everybody, it’s Jim, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, fish head lentil curry - bengali style. One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

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To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have fish head lentil curry - bengali style using 19 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Fish Head Lentil Curry - Bengali Style:
  1. Get 1/2 cup moong dal (split green gram), dry roasted
  2. Make ready 1 Rohu fish head, deep fried
  3. Get 1 onion, chopped
  4. Get 1 tsp. ginger-garlic paste
  5. Get 1 tsp. tomato paste /1/2 cup tomato puree
  6. Take 4 tbsp. mustard oil
  7. Get 1/2 tsp. panch phoron (equal quantities of fennel, fenugreek, cumin, mustard & nigella seeds)
  8. Take 1" cinnamon
  9. Get 2 green cardamoms
  10. Prepare 4 cloves
  11. Get 2 bay leaves
  12. Take 1 dry red chilli, broken into half
  13. Get 1 tbsp. roasted coriander-cumin powder
  14. Prepare 1/2 tsp. turmeric powder
  15. Take to taste salt
  16. Prepare 1/2 tsp. garam masala powder
  17. Make ready 1 tsp. red chilli powder
  18. Take 1-2 green chilies, slit (opt)
  19. Take 1 tsp. ghee (clarified butter)
Instructions to make Fish Head Lentil Curry - Bengali Style:
  1. Dry roast the moong dal (split green gram). Boil in 1 1/2 cups water for 4-5 whistles. When cool, whisk well along with salt and turmeric powder and keep aside.
  2. Deep fry the fish head after marinating with a pinch of salt & turmeric powder.
  3. Temper the oil with panch phoron, dry red chilli, cinnamon, cardamoms, cloves and bay leaves. Saute for a few seconds.
  4. Add onion and saute till light brown.
  5. Add the ginger-garlic paste, turmeric powder, red chilli powder, coriander-cumin powder, tomato paste & garam masala powder mixed with 2-3 tbsp. water.
  6. Add the boiled dal, salt, green chilies (opt) and the fried fish head.
  7. When done, add ghee and mix well. Serve hot with plain steamed rice.

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