Macher Muro diye Dal (Fish Head Lentil Curry - Bengali Style)
Macher Muro diye Dal (Fish Head Lentil Curry - Bengali Style)

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Great recipe for Macher Muro diye Dal (Fish Head Lentil Curry - Bengali Style). This is a traditional dal (lentil) recipe where moong dal (split green gram) is dry roasted and cooked with fish head. It is had with plain steamed rice and is considered a delicacy on a Bengali platter. A signature Bengali delicacy, Mung Dal, cooked with the Fish head is Macher Muro diye Dal to you.

To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have macher muro diye dal (fish head lentil curry - bengali style) using 19 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

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

Fish head, which has been shallow fried in mustard oil, is added to roasted and boiled moong dal (split green gram), and given a simple tempering of onions, tomatoes and basic Indian spices like cumin seeds, coriander powder, etc. Ilish Macher Muro/Matha Diye Moong Dal (Yellow Lentils with Hilsa Fish Head) is a very traditional Bengali recipe. In this preparation, fried Ilish Macher Muro or Matha (Hilsa fish head) is cooked with Moong dal (Yellow lentils) in spices. It is a very simple and easy to make recipe.

Steps to make Macher Muro diye Dal (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. Heat oil in a pan and temper with the panch phoron, bay leaves, dry red chilli, cardamoms, cloves and cinnamon. Saute till they stops spluttering.
  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 (broken into half). Add 1/2 cup more water. Simmer on medium flame till the gravy thickens a bit. When done, add ghee and mix well
  7. Serve hot with plain steamed rice.

In this preparation, fried Ilish Macher Muro or Matha (Hilsa fish head) is cooked with Moong dal (Yellow lentils) in spices. It is a very simple and easy to make recipe. It goes amazing with plain Basmati Rice. Macher muro diye dal is a grand affair Macher Muro diye Dal or Dal cooked with Fish head is an exciting proposition altogether. Macher muro diye dal is a grand affair and we Bengalis cannot help but add a non veg element in everything and this is what we do.

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