Vegetable chops or
vegetable fritters are one of the most famous veg snacks for Bengalis in winter.
Earlier vegetable chop was regularly served as starters in all Bengali
occasions and ceremonies in winter. The reason for being seasonal is the
availability of its key ingredients - beetroot and carrots. This Bengali style
vegetable chop recipe is a pure veg recipe, ie. excluding onion and garlic.
Serve hot vegetable chops with salad, kasundi (a Bengali style mustard sauce)
and hot tea or coffee. The good thing is you can make the chops ready when you have time and keep them in refrigerator. Fry it just before eating.
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Bengali Style Vegetable Chop |
Ingredients:
Grated beet – 1 medium
Grated carrot – 2 cups
Boiled potato – 2 large
Ginger paste – 1 tsp
Chopped coriander leaves –
½ cup
Sugar
Salt
Cumin powder – 2 tsp
Coriander powder – 2 tsp
Red chilli powder – 1 tsp
Cumin seeds – 1 tsp
Dry red chilli – 3-4 pcs
Cloves – 3-4 pcs
Cinnamon – 2 pcs
Cardamom – 1 inch
Ground nuts – ½ cup
Bread slice (without side)
– 2-3 pieces
Regular flour – 1 cup
Bread crumbs
White oil
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Bengali Style Vegetable Chop (Fritters) |
Recipe:
Dry roast whole spices and
grind it. Keep this spice powder aside with a lid.
Then take boiled potato
and grate it. Now heat 1 tsp oil in a pan, fry the nuts and crush it.
Then heat 2 tbsp oil in a
pan and put ginger paste. Fry it and add cumin – coriander powder and red
chilli powder and stir it. Then add all types of grated vegetables and mix with
spices. Also take two pieces of bread and cut the edges. Smash them with the
vegetables mixture. Now add crushed nuts and salt and sugar for taste. Mix it
well and add chopped coriander leaves. At last sprinkle the dry roasted spices and
mix well. This vegetables mixture is like dough. Make medium balls from this dough, and give
them oval shape and keep aside.
Now take a flat plate and
spread some flour and roll out the oval shaped vegetable chops.
Take another flat plate
and spread bread crumbs.
Then take a bowl and mix
some flour and water to make a very thin batter. Now deep the chops into the
batter and roll out on the bread crumbs and your chops are almost ready.
Now heat oil in a pan and
deep fry them.
Serve hot vegetable chops with salad and
kasundi (Bengali style mustard sauce) and enjoy your high tea.
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