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Fish Head Lentil Curry - Bengali Style is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions daily. They are nice and they look fantastic. Fish Head Lentil Curry - Bengali Style is something which I’ve loved my entire life.
To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook fish head lentil curry - bengali style using 19 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Fish Head Lentil Curry - Bengali Style:
- Get 1/2 cup moong dal (split green gram), dry roasted
- Make ready 1 Rohu fish head, deep fried
- Take 1 onion, chopped
- Prepare 1 tsp. ginger-garlic paste
- Get 1 tsp. tomato paste /1/2 cup tomato puree
- Get 4 tbsp. mustard oil
- Get 1/2 tsp. panch phoron (equal quantities of fennel, fenugreek, cumin, mustard & nigella seeds)
- Get 1" cinnamon
- Make ready 2 green cardamoms
- Get 4 cloves
- Get 2 bay leaves
- Get 1 dry red chilli, broken into half
- Take 1 tbsp. roasted coriander-cumin powder
- Make ready 1/2 tsp. turmeric powder
- Make ready to taste salt
- Make ready 1/2 tsp. garam masala powder
- Make ready 1 tsp. red chilli powder
- Take 1-2 green chilies, slit (opt)
- Prepare 1 tsp. ghee (clarified butter)
Tilapia is a more delicate fish so I was worried whether it would stand up to the pan frying and then steaming with the curry gravy and also whether the kalonji and curry flavors of the recipe would. Fish curry is famous and one of the favorite in Bengalis. The most popular dish in East & West Bengal "Machher Jhol". This delicious fish curry recipe cooked with simple ingredients and simple process.
Steps to make Fish Head Lentil Curry - Bengali Style:
- 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.
- Deep fry the fish head after marinating with a pinch of salt & turmeric powder.
- Temper the oil with panch phoron, dry red chilli, cinnamon, cardamoms, cloves and bay leaves. Saute for a few seconds.
- Add onion and saute till light brown.
- Add the ginger-garlic paste, turmeric powder, red chilli powder, coriander-cumin powder, tomato paste & garam masala powder mixed with 2-3 tbsp. water.
- Add the boiled dal, salt, green chilies (opt) and the fried fish head.
- When done, add ghee and mix well. Serve hot with plain steamed rice.
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