Recipe For Beginners

Bengali Muri Ghonto Recipe

Debjanir Rannaghar

Dish Info

Ingredients

18

Calories

444

Minutes

45

Muri Ghonto aka Muro Ghonto is a Bengali-style mishmash prepared with fishhead, rice, and potatoes.

Fact

Muri Ghonto is one of the signature dishes of Bengali Cuisine. We cook it with Rice and Fishhead  (mostly Rehu Fish/ Rui Mach or Katla fish). Muri stands for Head.  We mostly savor it with plain rice. Ghonto is a mushy-sidedish.

Step 1

Wash and marinade Fish head with turmeric powder and salt

Step 1

Veggies needed

This recipe calls for Gobindobhog Rice; Wash and soak it for 30 minutes before cooking.

Step 2

Step 3

Take Oil in a Deep Pan (preferably a non-stick Pan) and fry the fish head

Step 4

In the same oil fry potato cubes

Step 5

temper the Oil with Dry Red Chilies, Bay leaves, and Cumin seeds, and add chopped onions.

Step 5

Step 6

Add Ginger-Garlic Paste and Tomato

Step 7

Add spices and cook till there's no raw aroma

Step 8

Add rice to the mixture and cook on a medium flame for about 5 minutes

Step 9

Cook till the oil comes out from the mixture

Step 10

Break the fried Fish head into small pieces and add those to the pan along with the fried potatoes.

Step 9

Add 2 Cups of Water and cover the pan with a lid and cook for around 15 minutes

Step 11

Step 5

Some more coconut and give a thorough mix

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Add Bengali Garam Masala Powder and Ghee to the Muri Ghonto and serve it with Rice and Daal

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