Mooror Dal (Fish Head With Channa Dal)

Name: Mooror Dal (Fish Head With Channa Dal)
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 35 min
Ingredients: 2-3 head Fish (big sizes); 250 gm Channa Dal; 1 cup Onion Paste; 2 tsp Garlic Paste; 4 tsp Ginger Paste; 1 tsp Red Chilli Paste; 2 tsp Turmeric Powder; 1 tsp Cumin (or paste paste); 2 tsp Coriander (or paste paste); 1/2 cup Tomato Paste; 1 tsp Cumin Seeds (whole); 2-3 Whole Red Chilli; 2-3 leaves Bay Leaves (bay); 2-4 stick Cinnamon (cloves, green and black cardamom); 1 tsp Garam Masala; 2 tsp Desi Ghee; Oil (as required); 1-2 tsp Salt (or as per taste)

Geeta Biswas

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About Mooror Dal (Fish Head With Channa Dal)

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.

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Recipe Time & More

Prep Time15 minutes mins

Cook Time20 minutes mins

Total Time35 minutes mins

Served AsLunch

Recipe TasteSalty Sour Spicy Sweet Tangy

Servings - 4

Ingredients

▢ 2-3 head Fish big sizes
▢ 250 gm Channa Dal
▢ 1 cup Onion Paste
▢ 2 tsp Garlic Paste
▢ 4 tsp Ginger Paste
▢ 1 tsp Red Chilli Paste
▢ 2 tsp Turmeric Powder
▢ 1 tsp Cumin or paste paste
▢ 2 tsp Coriander or paste paste
▢ 1/2 cup Tomato Paste
▢ 1 tsp Cumin Seeds whole
▢ 2-3 Whole Red Chilli
▢ 2-3 leaves Bay Leaves bay
▢ 2-4 stick Cinnamon cloves, green and black cardamom
▢ 1 tsp Garam Masala
▢ 2 tsp Desi Ghee
▢ Oil as required
▢ 1-2 tsp Salt or as per taste

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.

Recipe Notes

It is very tasteful. If any person those who are non vegetarian will demand more.

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4 Comments

Abhijeet Mohan

June 2, 2021 / 7:36 pm Log in to Reply

This looks so inviting! I’m eager to try it.
Hasee Saifi

February 18, 2019 / 10:53 am Log in to Reply

I’m thrilled to try this recipe!
Preeti John Nawani

May 29, 2017 / 9:42 am Log in to Reply

Absolutely fantastic! Thanks for the recipe.
Priyanka Malik

April 11, 2016 / 5:11 pm Log in to Reply

This looks so appealing! Thanks for sharing.