Rui Masher Muri Ghanto

February 10, 2012

 Rui Masher Muri Ghanto

Fish recipes are very common all over the world. Fish contains protein. We eat fish recipes. It is very useful for our health. It helps to build up our body. Fish recipes are found all over the world. Muri ghanto recipe is prepared from the head of the fish. We need dal for the preparation of the recipe. Most of the people like fish recipes. Rui fish is one of the common fishes in Bangladesh. It lives on specially in the pond. It grows very quickly in the pond. Rui Masher Muri Ghanto is very delicious food. When I was writing my blog, I was thinking about this recipe. It is not actually main dish but very authentic Bangladeshi dish. It is a spicy dish moong lentil cooked with Rui fish head. My mother is very expert in preparing muri ghanto recipe. So I am going to share my mother’s muri ghanto recipe for the first time. There is no chance to get wrong because she has 40 years experience of cooking. Th cooking process is given below;

Ingredients:

*1 and ½ cups Moong Dal

*1 large Rui Fish head

*1 cup sliced onion

*2 cloves chopped garlic

*1 teaspoon garlic paste

*1 tablespoon ginger paste

*1 tablespoon chilli powder

*½ teaspoon turmeric powder

*1 teaspoon coriander powder

*1 teaspoon fried cumin powder

*1 bay leaf

*3-4 green chillies

*Fresh coriander leaves

*5 tablespoon vegetables oil

*Salt to taste

How to make:

1. First roast moong dal on slow heat until lentil is crisp. But be careful we don’t want to burn it. And soak in water 15 minutes. Then drain the water.
2. Clean the head properly. If possible cut into pieces otherwise keep it whole. It will break into pieces after cooking.
3. Take 1 teaspoon salt and ¼ teaspoon turmeric and rub with the head.
4. Heat a deep pan on medium high and take 2 tablespoon oil. Fry the head each side. Take out the head and add rest of oil in same pan.
5. Fry onion until it becomes soft. Add ginger paste, garlic paste, chilli powder, turmeric, coriander powder, chopped garlic and bay leaves.
6. Fry spices until oil comes out. Add 2 tablespoon water and cook 2 minutes.
7. Add the lentil. Fry 3 minutes and add 6 cups of water and salt.
8. Bring to boil and add the head and green chillies. Simmer on low heat till lentil is cooked.
9. Add fried cumin and coriander leaves. 

    And finally serve the recipe in warm condition.