• Fish Head - Rohu fish (Medium size)
• Potato - 1 piece medium
• Brinjal -  2 medium sizes
• Pumpkin (Kaddu) - 100 grams
• Pointed Gourd (parwal or parval in hindi) - 1 piece
• Toor Dal (Arhar) - 100 gram
• Mustard oil - 50 ml
• Garlic Paste - 2 tsp
• Ginger Paste - 1 tsp
• Onion - 1 piece
• Turmeric powder - half tsp
• Red Chilli Powder - half tsp
• Cummin Powder - half tsp
• Coriander Powder - half tsp
• Cardamom, cinnamon and clove - Roasted powder of one tsp 
• Salt to taste
• Coriander Leaves
• Sugar - half tsp

Process

First the toor dal (Arhar) is to be soaked in water for at least 30 minutes. Take the properly cleaned fish head in a bowl and apply turmeric powder and salt to it. Then shallow fry the fish head.

Take the vegetables (cut to pieces) and toor dal in a pressure cooker and add water (1 cup), turmeric powder and salt to it. Cover with lid and put on the stove. Take it out after one whistle. 

Take one bowl on the stove add oil to it. Then add sugar to the hot oil. As the sugar turns red add chopped onion to it. When the onion becomes brown add pastes of ginger and garlic to it. Also add turmeric powder, red chilli powder, cumin powder, coriander powder and salt to this and saute for 3 to 4 minutes. Next add the fried fish head and saute for 2 minutes. Then cover with the lid. After some time add the boiled vegetable and toor dal from pressure cooker to this mixture. Lightly stir for some times. Also smash the fish head to smaller fragments.  Add coriander leaves and powder of Cardamom, cinnamon and clove to it. Your Mudhighanta is ready. 

Serve hot with rice.