Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Macher muro diye Bhaja munger daal (Dry roasted yellow lentil with fish-head)

It's only the other day "he" was complaining about the simple stews and stir-fries or those low-cal foods I am cooking these days. This is the biggest challenge to have a typical "bong" husband, specially if you are trying to shred at least few pounds! He just can't have enough of Bengali food (And of course you must not think about calorie-part when you are having it!). Well, won't deny that I was not tempted to make it, when he requested.
"Bengali's" are rightly synonymous to "fish". There must be very few bengali who doesn't like fish. I love fish-head. Most of the times I just fry it in mustard oil with salt,turmeric and a chilli. But sometimes we add in dry vegetable curries (like "Bandhakopir torkari" or "Chyachra") or even in "daal". "Macher muro diye Bhaja munger daal" (dry roasted yellow lentil with fish-head) is one of the very authentic Bengali dishes. This is rich, aromatic and of course super-tasty.
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