Lauki Curry With Rohu Fish-head (Maacher Matha diye Lau-ghonto In Bengali)

Clean the rohu fish head.. marinate with salt and turmeric powder for 5-7 minutes.. add half of the mustard oil, then fry it properly..

Into the same pan, add rest of mustard oil, after smoke comes add paanch foron / bengali five spice, whole red chilli and whole bayleaf

Fry them for a minute.

Add ginger-garlic paste.. fry them until raw aromas are fully gone..

Add grated bottle gourd/lauki/lau.. mix them

Cover the pan.. fry them for 2-4 minutes on a medium flame..

Never add salt at first to lauki, as it's removes to much of water.. for this reason masalas can't go into the lauki.. and lauki becomes tasteless

After 4 minutes, add tomatoes, turmeric powder, green chilli paste, cumin powder, coriander powder

Mix them well and add fried rohu fish head

With the help of a spatula crack the rohu fish head.. so that flavours comes out..

Cover it again and cook it on a low flame until lauki are fully done

Lastly, add salt and sugar as per taste and spread coriander leaves..

Mix them all together..

Lauki Curry With Rohu Fish-head are ready to dig in