Recipe of Favorite Fish Head Lentil Curry - Bengali Style

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

The ingredients needed to make Fish Head Lentil Curry - Bengali Style:

1. Get 1/2 cup moong dal (split green gram), dry roasted
2. Take 1 Rohu fish head, deep fried
3. Prepare 1 onion, chopped
4. Make ready 1 tsp. ginger-garlic paste
5. Prepare 1 tsp. tomato paste /1/2 cup tomato puree
6. Get 4 tbsp. mustard oil
7. Prepare 1/2 tsp. panch phoron (equal quantities of fennel, fenugreek, cumin, mustard & nigella seeds)
8. Prepare 1" cinnamon
9. Prepare 2 green cardamoms
10. Get 4 cloves
11. Get 2 bay leaves
12. Get 1 dry red chilli, broken into half
13. Take 1 tbsp. roasted coriander-cumin powder
14. Take 1/2 tsp. turmeric powder
15. Make ready to taste salt
16. Get 1/2 tsp. garam masala powder
17. Make ready 1 tsp. red chilli powder
18. Prepare 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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