DISH RESEARCH · Main dish
Chitol Muitha
Also known as: চিতল মুইঠা
Maumita Paul’s chitol muitha recalls her mother’s Bengali fish dumplings in spiced gravy.
About Chitol Muitha
Maumita Paul’s chitol muitha recalls her mother’s Bengali fish dumplings in spiced gravy. Scraped chitol flesh is mixed with turmeric, onion, ginger, garlic and garam masala, then shaped and poached.
Ghee-fried dumplings join a gravy of onion, potatoes and ground spices. Mustard oil, bay leaves, cinnamon, green cardamom and cloves give the sauce its aromatic character.
A final touch of ghee and garam masala finishes the curry. The dumplings and potatoes are served hot with rice, with the gravy coating the pieces.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Fish, Milk, Mustard.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Chitol Muitha
Maumita Paul’s maternal chitol muitha with ghee-fried dumplings.
- Scraped chitol fish fleshProtein
- Turmeric powderSeasoning
- Onion pasteAromatic
- Ginger pasteAromatic
- Garlic pasteAromatic
- Garam masalaSeasoning
- SaltSeasoning
- GheeCooking medium
- Oil for greasing handsCooking mediumIngredient page not linked
- PotatoBase
- Red chilli powderSeasoning
- Ground cuminSeasoning
- Ground corianderSeasoning
- Bay leavesAromatic
- CinnamonAromatic
- Green cardamomAromatic
- ClovesAromatic
- Mustard oilCooking medium
- SugarSweetener
- WaterLiquid
- Prepared riceAccompaniment
- TomatoBase
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Scraped chitol fish flesh: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Fish source-confirmed. Actual62 chitolgada scraped/deboned, same vernacular candidate only, scientific species unprovided; Fish.
- Turmeric powder: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Onion paste: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual64/71 named onionpaste, broader onion candidate, exact upstream formula unprovided.
- Ginger paste: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual65/72 named gingerpaste, broader ginger candidate, exact upstream formula unprovided.
- Garlic paste: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual73 gravy plus method-only88 filling, named paste broader garlic candidate, upstream formula unknown.
- Garam masala: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual66/99 named blend, no own full component link.
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Ghee: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Milk source-confirmed. Explicit original45/52 frymedium plus83/99 finish; Milk positive, no oil swapdefault.
- Oil for greasing hands: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Literal method89 contactoil, species unprovided; originalfryghee does not explicitly replace this hand step.
- Potato: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual70 gravy potato, not invented binder in fish.
- Red chilli powder: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual75 specific redchilli powder, broader chilli-powder candidate, no spiceblend inferred.
- Ground cumin: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Ground coriander: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Bay leaves: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Cinnamon: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual79 one-inch cinnamon, stick form, broader candidate.
- Green cardamom: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Cloves: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Mustard oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Mustard source-confirmed. Actual82 gravy mustard oil, Mustard positive.
- Sugar: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Explicit89/96/97 poach/handwet/spicepaste/gravy.
- Prepared rice: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual99 service rice, variety/upstream formula unprovided.
- Tomato: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actualintro45/52 literally onion-tomato gravy, absent table/method placement; retain unresolved without inventing addition step.
Origins & food traditions
India association in the attributed source; no exclusive invention claim.
Countries
- India
- BangladeshCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Bengali Cuisine
- Bangladeshi Bengali CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.