Name: Mooror Dal (Fish Head With Channa Dal)
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 35 min
Ingredients: 2-3 fish head (big sizes); 250 gms Channa dal; 1 cup onion paste; 2 teaspoon garlic paste; 4 teaspoon Ginger paste; 1 teaspoon red chilli paste; 2 teaspoon Turmeric Powder; 1 teaspoon cumin paste; 2 teaspoon coriander paste; 1/2 cup tomato paste; 1 teaspoon whole cumin seeds; 2-3 whole red chilli; 2-3 bay leaves; 2-4 cinnamon stick (cloves, green and black cardamom); 1 teaspoon garam masala powder; 2 teaspoon ghee; Oil as required; Salt

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Fish curry is known to all but fish is rare. In Bangladesh they have so many recipes with fish head (big sizes). Moori ghanto, mooror chachhari, mooror dal etc.... mooro/ moori means fish head. This is one of the same lost recipe.

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 20

Total Time 35

Served AsLunch

CuisineAsian

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Ingredients

Instructions

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Boil Channa dal with 6-7 whistle and keep aside.
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Marinate fish head with salt and turmeric powder. Then fry with mustered oil. Keep aside.
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Take a deep frying pan heat add oil bay leaves, whole red chilli, whole cumin seeds, whole garam masala. Then in the same time add onion paste, ginger garlic paste, cumin paste, coriander paste, tomato paste and red chilli paste.
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Stir fry till brown then add boiled Channa dal. It will start boiling then add fried fish head. Cook for 2-3 minutes.
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Now add ghee, garam masala powder and fresh coriander leaves.
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Serve with steam rice. You will feel the juicy fish head.