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

Hello everybody, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, muri ghonto/bengali fish head with rice. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Bengali muri ghonto recipe is spicy dish, which has a very good combination of aromatic spices, fish head and flavored rice goes very well with Basmati rice. Muri Ghonto or A Dry Rice Dish With #Fish Head is an Authentic Bengali dish, prepared with rice and pre- fried fish-head where both are cooked together. Bengali Fish Head and Rice Mishmash.

Muri ghonto/Bengali fish head with rice is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions every day. They are fine and they look fantastic. Muri ghonto/Bengali fish head with rice is something that I’ve loved my whole life.

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. 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 Fish head of katla fish
  2. Get gobindobhog/basmati rice
  3. Take big potato cut into cubes
  4. Get cauliflower florets
  5. Take green chilies
  6. Take cinnamon stick
  7. Take elaichi/cardamom
  8. Make ready whole cumin
  9. Prepare bay leaves
  10. Get onions thinly sliced
  11. Take ginger paste
  12. Take tomato finely chopped
  13. Make ready garlic paste
  14. Take turmeric powder
  15. Take cumin powder
  16. Prepare mustard oil or any cooking oil
  17. Take Salt
  18. Get ghee
  19. Make ready red chilli powder(optional)

Generally we make Muri Ghonto with Gobindobhog rice.but recently I came to know that it's also made with chire or flattened rice sometimes. I got this recipe from my friend, which belonged to her grandmother. MURI GHONTO is an authentic fish dish for a Bengali. There is, however, no particular ratio of rice and fish and it depends on each family's own preference: some like the amount of rice more than that of the fish heads, some like to use rice sparingly.

Steps 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.

In Bengali ceremony preparing any dish with fish head is a very good sign. There are plenty of dishes where they use fish head. I learned this dish from my mom. There are also some variations of muri ghonto. Some uses yellow lentil or flattened rice instead of gobindovog rice.

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