Recipe: To Try At Home Macher matha diye lau ghonto(Bengali bottlegourd with fish head)

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Recipe: To Try At Home Macher matha diye lau ghonto(Bengali bottlegourd with fish head) Delicious, fresh and tasty.

Macher matha diye lau ghonto(Bengali bottlegourd with fish head). Traditional Bengali Macher Matha Diye lau Ghonto. It is one of the best Fish Head Recipe. It is also called Macher muro diye lau.

The result is a plate full of delicious curry which is enjoyed with rice.

Here is one more Bengali delicacy with Hilsa Fish Head, this time with bottle gourd.

See how to make Ilish Machher Matha diye Lau'er Ghonto.

You can have Macher matha diye lau ghonto(Bengali bottlegourd with fish head) using 11 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Macher matha diye lau ghonto(Bengali bottlegourd with fish head)

  1. You need of bottlegourd.

  2. You need of big fried fish head.

  3. Prepare of turmeric.

  4. You need of red chilli powdeŕ.

  5. It’s of jeera powder or paste.

  6. You need of bay leaf.

  7. Prepare of mustard oil.

  8. It’s of th tsp jeera.

  9. Prepare of salt and sugar.

  10. Prepare of chickpea flour/besan.

  11. It’s of chopped coriander.

Macher Matha Diye Lau Ghonto / Bengali Bottle Gourd Curry with Fish Head Lau Dal is what I remember most from my childhood, whenever I think of lau or bottle gourd.

Solid big transparent chunks of bottle gourd floating on top of the moong dal are simplicity with health at its best.

This Macher Matha diye Pulao made with Rohu fish head is like macher matha diye muri ghonto which usually uses fragrant gobindobhog variety of rice.

Here, I have used famous Indian rice, Basmati.

Macher matha diye lau ghonto(Bengali bottlegourd with fish head) step by step

  1. Remove skin and slit bottlegourd lengthwise into 4 pieces.Chop like 1"sticks.Wash and drain water completely.Pressure cook bottlegourd with 4 tbsp water and 1/2 tsp salt, just 1 whistle and release steam immediately..

  2. Meanwhile smear turmeric and salt on fish head and fry in mustard oil.Set aside.Add jeera to the remaining oil and when they splutter,add the lauki.Also add turmeric,red chilli powder,jeera powder,1bay leaf,salt and sugar to taste..

  3. Toss all till all moisture dries up.Sprinkle little chickpea flour and toss.The curry should be dry.Garnish with chopped coriander and serve with rice..

Eating a fish head requires practice and patience, but once mastered it opens the doors to relishing several fish head recipes. মাছের মাথা দিয়ে লাউ ঘন্ট

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Now add chopped tomato along with coriander, cumin, chili and turmeric powder.

Mix well and fry till the oil separates out and the potato and fish head pieces are nicely coated with spices.