How to Prepare Tasty Muri ghonto (fish head curry with rice)

Muri ghonto (fish head curry with rice). 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. It is traditional Bengali dish where Rohu/ Katla fish head is cooked with Gobindobhog rice into a dry, spicy curry.

This is prepared with Rice and Fishhead (mostly Rehu Fish/ Rui Mach or Katla fish). We mostly serve it as a side dish with rice. But some people like to have it with roti as well. You can cook Muri ghonto (fish head curry with rice) using 20 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Muri ghonto (fish head curry with rice)

1. You need of big size rohu fish head.
2. Prepare of gobindo bhog rice (Short grain rice).
3. It's of potato cut into cube.
4. You need of big size onion.
5. It's of big size tomato chopped.
6. Prepare of green chilli.
7. Prepare of turmeric powder.
8. You need of cumin powder.
9. It's of garam masala powder.
10. Prepare of Red chilli powder.
11. It's of ginger garlic paste.
12. You need of ghee.
13. You need of cumin seeds.
14. It's of bay leaf.
15. You need of dried red chilli.
16. It's of Cardamom.
17. You need of cinnamon stick.
18. Prepare of mustard oil.
19. You need of Salt.
20. It's of Sugar.

Actually it doesn't matter what else you have in your platter as long as you have a bowl full of steaming hot 'Muri-Ghonto' in front of. Muri Ghonto, or Fish head curry with Gobindobhog Rice is a signature Bengali delicacy from the traditional kitchens of Bengal. Muri ghonto once used to be a popular dish in the Bengali weddings of the yesteryears. However, with change in style of wedding foods and introduction of world cuisine.

Muri ghonto (fish head curry with rice) instructions

1. Merinat the fish head with salt and turmeric powder for 10-15 mins..
2. Heat a pan add 2 tbl spoon mustard oil. fry the fish head properly and keep aside. now fry the potato cubes by adding slight salt and turmeric powder.keep the fried potatoes aside..
3. Now add rest of the oil and add bay leaf,dried red chilli,cumin seeds, cinnamon and Cardamom saute for few seconds. Now add chopped onion and green chilli fry till golden brown..
4. Add rice and saute till the aroma of rice spread..
5. Add ginger garlic paste, chopped tomato and salt cook for 10 mins..
6. Add fried fish head and fried potato cubes along with turmeric, cumin and garam masala powder mix well.cook for 5 mins..
7. Add 1 cup warm water mix well and cover it. Cook for 10-15 mins so that the rice is properly boil..
8. Lastly add sugar and ghee cook for 2mins..
9. Delicious fish head curry is ready to eat..

MURI GHONTO is an authentic fish dish for a Bengali. Fish heads (called muroin Bengali) were kept separately for making a variety of authentic Bengali dishes (including the recipe shared today). I have not used rice at all in this recipe, as my kids don't like rice incorporated into this curry. Muri-Ghonto, one of the most popular & traditional Bengali dish. The word 'Muri' or 'Muro' stands for head.

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