Hello everybody, it is John, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, phoolkophir muri ghonto (cauliflower cooked with rice - bengali style). It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
See recipes for Phoolkophir Muri Ghonto (Cauliflower cooked with Rice - Bengali style) too. Fulkopi (cauliflower)and aloo is cooked with short-grained, perfumed rice like gobindobhog, and garnished with raisins and cashews for an extra flourish. Muri Ghonto is one such dish prepared with rice and is a side dish but not a main.
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To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have phoolkophir muri ghonto (cauliflower cooked with rice - bengali style) using 18 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Phoolkophir Muri Ghonto (Cauliflower cooked with Rice - Bengali style):
- Get 1 medium size cauliflower, cut into florets
- Make ready 1/4 cup rice, soaked for 30 minutes
- Prepare 3 tbsp. mustard oil
- Make ready 2 bay leaves
- Prepare 1 " cinnamon stick
- Take 2-3 green cardamoms
- Take 4-5 cloves
- Prepare 1 tsp. cumin seeds
- Get 1 onion, chopped
- Make ready 1 tsp. ginger-garlic paste
- Prepare 1 tomato, chopped
- Make ready 2 green chilies, slit
- Get to taste salt
- Prepare 1 tsp. coriander leaves, chopped
- Make ready 1/2 tsp. turmeric powder
- Take 1 tsp. cumin powder
- Make ready 1 tsp. garam masala powder
- Take 1 tsp. ghee
Generally we make Muri Ghonto with Gobindobhog rice.but recently I came to know that it's also made with chire or flattened rice sometimes. My grandmother was a great cook and she used to make a lip smacking muri ghonto. I always regret the fact that I started cooking way after she left us. Muri Ghonto is an amazing traditional Bengali recipe.
Steps to make Phoolkophir Muri Ghonto (Cauliflower cooked with Rice - Bengali style):
- Heat 1 tbsp. oil in a pan and fry the cauliflower lightly. Drain and keep aside. Heat remaining oil and temper with bay leaves, cinnamon, cardamoms, cloves and cumin seeds. Saute for a few seconds.
- Add the onion and stir fry till light brown.. Then add the ginger-garlic paste and all the dry spices (except garam masala powder) mixed with some water. Saute till the oil separates.
- Add the tomatoes and continue to saute till it is nicely mashed up. Add the soaked rice and mix everything well.
- Add the fried cauliflower, green chilies and 1 cup water. Cover and simmer till the rice and cauliflower are well cooked.
- Add the garam masala powder and ghee and give it a stir. Cover for 2 minutes and then transfer to a serving bowl. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve with either rice or chapati.
This Indian fish recipe is famous in Bengal and one of their best delicacies. Season the dish with ghee and the crushed masala. Muri ghonto can be served with dal and hot steamed rice. This dish cannot be enjoyed with roties. But 'muri ghonto' is the delicacy of Bengal.
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