Hello everybody, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, fish head lentil curry - bengali style. One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Fish Head Lentil Curry - Bengali Style is one of the most favored of recent trending foods on earth. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look fantastic. Fish Head Lentil Curry - Bengali Style is something that I have loved my whole life.

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